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Ex parte Sutton

11 Cited authorities

  1. In re Alappat

    33 F.3d 1526 (Fed. Cir. 1994)   Cited 82 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Holding that claims directed to a specially-programmed computer—a “specific machine to produce a useful, concrete, and tangible result”—are directed to patent eligible subject matter

  2. State St. Bank Trust v. Sig. Fin. G

    149 F.3d 1368 (Fed. Cir. 1998)   Cited 60 times   24 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the means-plus-function elements of the claims on appeal all corresponded to supporting structures disclosed in the written description

  3. In re Hyatt

    708 F.2d 712 (Fed. Cir. 1983)   Cited 64 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Rejecting "single means" claim, as such claims "cover[] every conceivable means for achieving the stated result"

  4. Application of Borkowski

    422 F.2d 904 (C.C.P.A. 1970)   Cited 52 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Noting that a claim of clear scope that is not adequately supported by an enabling disclosure commensurate with that scope is objectionable under § 112, ¶ 1, not § 112, ¶ 2

  5. Application of Moore

    439 F.2d 1232 (C.C.P.A. 1971)   Cited 46 times
    Noting that the question is whether the scope of enablement conveyed by the disclosure to a person of ordinary skill in the art is commensurate with the scope of protection taught by the claims

  6. Application of Johnson

    558 F.2d 1008 (C.C.P.A. 1977)   Cited 12 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Reversing rejection for inadequate written description where specification disclosed several species of a genus and claims recited genus but excluded two species of lost interference count

  7. Application of Diehr

    602 F.2d 982 (C.C.P.A. 1979)   Cited 6 times

    Appeal No. 79-527. August 9, 1979. Rehearing Denied October. 18, 1979. Robert E. Wickersham, San Francisco, Cal. (Owen, Wickersham Erickson, San Francisco, Cal.), attys. of record, for appellants. Joseph F. Nakamura, Washington, D.C., for the Commissioner of Patents; Thomas E. Lynch, Washington, D.C., of counsel. Appeal from the Patent and Trademark Office Board of Appeals. Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, RICH, BALDWIN, and MILLER, Judges, and COWEN, Senior Judge. The Honorable Wilson Cowen, United States

  8. Application of Chakrabarty

    571 F.2d 40 (C.C.P.A. 1978)   Cited 1 times   1 Legal Analyses

    Patent Appeal No. 77-535. March 2, 1978. Leo I. MaLossi, Schenectady, N. Y., attorney of record, for appellant, Joseph B. Forman, Arlington, Va., Joseph T. Cohen, Schenectady, N. Y., of counsel. Joseph F. Nakamura, Washington, D.C., for the Com'r of Patents, Gerald H. Bjorge, Washington, D.C., of counsel. Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office Board of Appeals. Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, and RICH, BALDWIN, LANE and MILLER, Judges. RICH, Judge. This appeal by an applicant for a

  9. Section 112 - Specification

    35 U.S.C. § 112   Cited 7,421 times   1069 Legal Analyses
    Requiring patent applications to include a "specification" that provides, among other information, a written description of the invention and of the manner and process of making and using it

  10. Section 102 - Conditions for patentability; novelty

    35 U.S.C. § 102   Cited 6,034 times   1029 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting the grant of a patent to one who "did not himself invent the subject matter sought to be patented"

  11. Section 101 - Inventions patentable

    35 U.S.C. § 101   Cited 3,547 times   2303 Legal Analyses
    Defining patentable subject matter as "any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof."