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Ex Parte Williams

12255557 (B.P.A.I. Jul. 27, 2012)
Ex Parte Williams

5 Cited authorities

  1. In re Bigio

    381 F.3d 1320 (Fed. Cir. 2004)   Cited 71 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Affirming conclusion that toothbrush and small hair brush were in same field of endeavor because "the structural similarities between toothbrushes and small brushes for hair would have led one of ordinary skill in the art working in the specific field of hairbrushes to consider all similar brushes including toothbrushes"

  2. Section 112 - Specification

    35 U.S.C. § 112   Cited 7,423 times   1070 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

  3. Section 145 - Civil action to obtain patent

    35 U.S.C. § 145   Cited 508 times   137 Legal Analyses
    Granting 60 days within which to file for District Court review of the PTO's decision

  4. Section 141 - Appeal to Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

    35 U.S.C. § 141   Cited 460 times   91 Legal Analyses
    Imposing no such requirement

  5. Section 41.52 - Rehearing

    37 C.F.R. § 41.52   Cited 8 times   9 Legal Analyses

    (a) (1) Appellant may file a single request for rehearing within two months of the date of the original decision of the Board. No request for rehearing from a decision on rehearing will be permitted, unless the rehearing decision so modified the original decision as to become, in effect, a new decision, and the Board states that a second request for rehearing would be permitted. The request for rehearing must state with particularity the points believed to have been misapprehended or overlooked by