Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
477 U.S. 242 (1986) Cited 235,893 times 38 Legal AnalysesHolding that summary judgment is not appropriate if "the dispute about a material fact is ‘genuine,’ that is, if the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party"
Celotex Corp. v. Catrett
477 U.S. 317 (1986) Cited 216,035 times 40 Legal AnalysesHolding that a movant's summary judgment motion should be granted "against a [nonmovant] who fails to make a showing sufficient to establish the existence of an element essential to that party's case, and on which that party will bear the burden of proof at trial"
SRI International v. Matsushita Electric Corp.
775 F.2d 1107 (Fed. Cir. 1985) Cited 976 timesHolding district court erroneously relied on specification in reading limitations from other claims into the disputed claims
Scripps Clinic Research Fdn. v. Genentech
927 F.2d 1565 (Fed. Cir. 1991) Cited 448 times 5 Legal AnalysesHolding that such claims are not limited by the process
Continental Can Co. USA, v. Monsanto Co.
948 F.2d 1264 (Fed. Cir. 1991) Cited 327 times 3 Legal AnalysesHolding that an inherent limitation must be “necessarily present” and cannot be established by “probabilities or possibilities”
Connell v. Sears, Roebuck Co.
722 F.2d 1542 (Fed. Cir. 1983) Cited 262 timesFinding that the "right to exclude recognized in a patent is the essence of the concept of property"
Glaverbel Societe Anonyme v. Northlake Mktg
45 F.3d 1550 (Fed. Cir. 1995) Cited 182 timesHolding that argument is not substitute for evidence to defeat summary judgment
Interconnect Planning Corp. v. Feil
774 F.2d 1132 (Fed. Cir. 1985) Cited 174 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding "[t]he invention must be viewed not with the blueprint drawn by the inventor, but in the state of the art that existed at the time"
Rockwell International Corp. v. U.S.
147 F.3d 1358 (Fed. Cir. 1998) Cited 100 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that summary judgment should be denied where there are "differences in expert opinion" as to what a reference discloses
Diversitech Corp. v. Century Steps, Inc.
850 F.2d 675 (Fed. Cir. 1988) Cited 67 timesFinding estoppel where issued claim was initially dependent on a broader claim that was rejected by the PTO and eventually cancelled
Rule 56 - Summary Judgment
Fed. R. Civ. P. 56 Cited 328,261 times 158 Legal AnalysesHolding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit
Section 102 - Conditions for patentability; novelty
35 U.S.C. § 102 Cited 5,935 times 941 Legal AnalysesProhibiting the grant of a patent to one who "did not himself invent the subject matter sought to be patented"
Section 41.50 - Decisions and other actions by the Board
37 C.F.R. § 41.50 Cited 34 times 30 Legal AnalysesRequiring petitioners to raise the Board's failure to designate a new ground of rejection in a timely request for rehearing