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Ex Parte Tanner et al

13177880 (P.T.A.B. Jun. 13, 2016)
Ex Parte Tanner et al

3 Cited authorities

  1. Tyco Healthcare Group LP v. Mutual Pharmaceutical Co.

    642 F.3d 1370 (Fed. Cir. 2011)   Cited 12 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Affirming summary judgment where the "district court acknowledged the product's commercial success but properly found that the evidence as a whole did not overcome [defendant's] strong prima facie case of obviousness."

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

    35 U.S.C. § 103   Cited 6,165 times   492 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."

  3. 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)