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Ex Parte Tanaka et al

13587259 (P.T.A.B. Feb. 28, 2017)
Ex Parte Tanaka et al

9 Cited authorities

  1. In re Mraz

    455 F.2d 1069 (C.C.P.A. 1972)   Cited 18 times
    Explaining that features that patent drawings "show clearly" can be sufficient to establish anticipation, especially when they are the focus of the figure and shown "with great particularity," but distinguishing a case where the patent drawing at issue was "obviously never intended to show the dimensions of anything"

  2. In re Seid

    161 F.2d 229 (C.C.P.A. 1947)   Cited 13 times

    Patent Appeal No. 5283. April 22, 1947. Appeal from Board of Patent Appeals, Serial No. 373,565. Proceeding in the matter of the application of Frederick Seid for a patent relating to an advertising display device. From a decision of the Board of Appeals affirming a decision of the Primary Examiner rejecting claims of application, applicant appeals. Decision affirmed. Charles R. Allen, of Washington, D.C., William G. MacKay and William S. Graham, both of San Francisco, Cal., for appellant. W.W. Cochran

  3. In re Wagner

    20 C.C.P.A. 985 (C.C.P.A. 1933)   Cited 4 times

    Patent Appeal No. 3126. April 17, 1933. Appeal from the Board of Patent Appeals. Application for patent by Noah E. Wagner. From a decision rejecting the application, applicant appeals. Affirmed. Joseph H. Milans and Calvin T. Milans, both of Washington, D.C., for appellant. T.A. Hostetler, of Washington, D.C. (Howard S. Miller, of Washington, D.C., of counsel), for Commissioner of Patents. Before GRAHAM, Presiding Judge, and BLAND, HATFIELD, GARRETT, and LENROOT, Associate Judges. LENROOT, Associate

  4. Hazlehurst v. the United States

    4 U.S. 6 (1799)

    AUGUST TERM, 1799. IN error from the Circuit Court for the district of South-Carolina. A rule had been obtained by Lee, the attorney-general, at the opening of the Court, that the plaintiffs appear and prosecute their writ of error within the term, or suffer a non-pros.: but it was found, that errors had been assigned in the Court below, and a joinder in error entered here. The rule was, therefore, changed to the following: "that unless the plaintiffs in error appear and argue the errors to-morrow

  5. Section 103 - Conditions for patentability; non-obvious subject matter

    35 U.S.C. § 103   Cited 6,160 times   489 Legal Analyses
    Holding the party seeking invalidity must prove "the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains."

  6. Section 6 - Patent Trial and Appeal Board

    35 U.S.C. § 6   Cited 188 times   63 Legal Analyses
    Giving the Director authority to designate "at least 3 members of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board" to review "[e]ach appeal, derivation proceeding, post-grant review, and inter partes review"

  7. Section 134 - Appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

    35 U.S.C. § 134   Cited 98 times   30 Legal Analyses

    (a) PATENT APPLICANT.-An applicant for a patent, any of whose claims has been twice rejected, may appeal from the decision of the primary examiner to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, having once paid the fee for such appeal. (b) PATENT OWNER.-A patent owner in a reexamination may appeal from the final rejection of any claim by the primary examiner to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, having once paid the fee for such appeal. 35 U.S.C. § 134 July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 801; Pub. L. 98-622

  8. Section 41.37 - Appeal brief

    37 C.F.R. § 41.37   Cited 32 times   25 Legal Analyses
    Requiring identification of support in specification and, for means-plus-function limitations, corresponding structure as well

  9. Section 1.136 - [Effective until 1/19/2025] Extensions of time

    37 C.F.R. § 1.136   Cited 17 times   30 Legal Analyses

    (a) (1) If an applicant is required to reply within a nonstatutory or shortened statutory time period, applicant may extend the time period for reply up to the earlier of the expiration of any maximum period set by statute or five months after the time period set for reply, if a petition for an extension of time and the fee set in § 1.17(a) are filed, unless: (i) Applicant is notified otherwise in an Office action; (ii) The reply is a reply brief submitted pursuant to § 41.41 of this title; (iii)