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Ex Parte Gibbs et al

14014538 (P.T.A.B. Oct. 23, 2017)
Ex Parte Gibbs et al

7 Cited authorities

  1. Continental Can Co. USA, v. Monsanto Co.

    948 F.2d 1264 (Fed. Cir. 1991)   Cited 329 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an inherent limitation must be “necessarily present” and cannot be established by “probabilities or possibilities”

  2. Rambus Inc. v. Rea

    731 F.3d 1248 (Fed. Cir. 2013)   Cited 71 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Board erred when it found objective evidence lacked a nexus where at least some of the evidence related to the "patented design as a whole"

  3. Cardiac Pacemakers v. St. Jude Medical

    381 F.3d 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2004)   Cited 64 times   3 Legal Analyses
    In Cardiac Pacemakers, it was undisputed that, before the work of the inventor, there was no device capable of treating the conditions of interest.

  4. Inst. Pasteur v. Focarino

    738 F.3d 1337 (Fed. Cir. 2013)   Cited 17 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, under § 1.530(j), (k), “the PTO may not issue the amended claim now that the patent has expired” after the Board issued a reexamination decision

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

    35 U.S.C. § 103   Cited 6,105 times   470 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."

  6. Section 6 - Patent Trial and Appeal Board

    35 U.S.C. § 6   Cited 184 times   63 Legal Analyses
    Giving the Director authority to designate "at least 3 members of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board" to review "[e]ach appeal, derivation proceeding, post-grant review, and inter partes review"

  7. Section 134 - Appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

    35 U.S.C. § 134   Cited 98 times   30 Legal Analyses

    (a) PATENT APPLICANT.-An applicant for a patent, any of whose claims has been twice rejected, may appeal from the decision of the primary examiner to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, having once paid the fee for such appeal. (b) PATENT OWNER.-A patent owner in a reexamination may appeal from the final rejection of any claim by the primary examiner to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, having once paid the fee for such appeal. 35 U.S.C. § 134 July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 801; Pub. L. 98-622