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Vigilant Solutions, LLC

IPR2020-01584 (P.T.A.B. Dec. 23, 2020)
Vigilant Solutions, LLC

9 Cited authorities

  1. Vectra Fitness, Inc. v. TNWK Corp.

    162 F.3d 1379 (Fed. Cir. 1998)   Cited 46 times   5 Legal Analyses
    In Vectra Fitness, although the PTO added a terminal disclaimer to the prosecution history, it failed to enter the terminal disclaimer on the cover page or contents page of the prosecution history, and failed to publish the terminal disclaimer in the Offi- cial Gazette as contemplated by PTO regulations.

  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 102 - Conditions for patentability; novelty

    35 U.S.C. § 102   Cited 6,025 times   1026 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting the grant of a patent to one who "did not himself invent the subject matter sought to be patented"

  4. Section 311 - Inter partes review

    35 U.S.C. § 311   Cited 410 times   204 Legal Analyses
    Establishing grounds and scope of IPR proceeding

  5. Section 314 - Institution of inter partes review

    35 U.S.C. § 314   Cited 379 times   633 Legal Analyses
    Directing our attention to the Director's decision whether to institute inter partes review "under this chapter" rather than "under this section"

  6. Section 253 - Disclaimer

    35 U.S.C. § 253   Cited 180 times   38 Legal Analyses
    Granting patentee authority to disclaim issued or pending claims

  7. Section 42.107 - Preliminary response to petition

    37 C.F.R. § 42.107   Cited 95 times   56 Legal Analyses
    Requiring initiation of IPR within six months of filing and a decision within twelve months thereafter

  8. Section 1.321 - Statutory disclaimers, including terminal disclaimers

    37 C.F.R. § 1.321   Cited 75 times   35 Legal Analyses
    Incorporating the language of § 253

  9. Section 42.4 - Notice of trial

    37 C.F.R. § 42.4   Cited 54 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Stating that "[t]he Board institutes the trial on behalf of the Director"