7 Cited authorities

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.

    477 U.S. 242 (1986)   Cited 240,497 times   39 Legal Analyses
    Holding 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"
  2. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett

    477 U.S. 317 (1986)   Cited 220,007 times   41 Legal Analyses
    Holding 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"
  3. ATD Corp. v. Lydall, Inc.

    159 F.3d 534 (Fed. Cir. 1998)   Cited 202 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Affirming the district court's decision not to allow a party to present a particular patent as a prior art reference at trial because that party did not produce the reference during the designated discovery period
  4. Rule 56 - Summary Judgment

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 56   Cited 335,102 times   160 Legal Analyses
    Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit
  5. Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 5   Cited 23,013 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Allowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system
  6. Section 1.97 - Filing of information disclosure statement

    37 C.F.R. § 1.97   Cited 40 times   20 Legal Analyses

    (a) In order for an applicant for a patent or for a reissue of a patent to have an information disclosure statement in compliance with § 1.98 considered by the Office during the pendency of the application, the information disclosure statement must satisfy one of paragraphs (b), (c), or (d) of this section. (b) An information disclosure statement shall be considered by the Office if filed by the applicant within any one of the following time periods: (1) Within three months of the filing date of

  7. Section 1.59 - Expungement of information or copy of papers in application file

    37 C.F.R. § 1.59   Cited 4 times   2 Legal Analyses

    (a) (1) Information in an application will not be expunged, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section or § 41.7(a) or § 42.7(a) of this title. (2) Information forming part of the original disclosure (i.e., written specification including the claims, drawings, and any preliminary amendment present on the filing date of the application) will not be expunged from the application file. (b) An applicant may request that the Office expunge information, other than what is excluded by paragraph