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Ex Parte Minear et al

11349380 (P.T.A.B. Jun. 22, 2017)
Ex Parte Minear et al

9 Cited authorities

  1. Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International

    573 U.S. 208 (2014)   Cited 1,400 times   515 Legal Analyses
    Holding ineligible patent claims directed to the concept of "intermediated settlement," i.e., the use of a third party to mitigate the risk that only one party to an agreed-upon financial exchange will satisfy its obligation

  2. Aro Manufacturing Co. v. Convertible Top Replacement Co.

    365 U.S. 336 (1961)   Cited 365 times   19 Legal Analyses
    Holding that replacement of essential element of invention is not an infringing reconstruction of entire invention

  3. Rapid Litig. Mgmt. Ltd. v. Cellzdirect, Inc.

    827 F.3d 1042 (Fed. Cir. 2016)   Cited 159 times   49 Legal Analyses
    Holding that claims are "directed to" a patent-ineligible concept "when they amount to nothing more than observing or identifying the ineligible concept itself

  4. Ralston Purina Co. v. Far-Mar-Co, Inc.

    772 F.2d 1570 (Fed. Cir. 1985)   Cited 155 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that " party asserting invalidity based on 35 U.S. § 112 bears no less a burden and no fewer responsibilities than any other patent challenger"

  5. In re Gosteli

    872 F.2d 1008 (Fed. Cir. 1989)   Cited 77 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “[t]he CCPA's later decisions control because that court always sat en banc”

  6. Section 112 - Specification

    35 U.S.C. § 112   Cited 7,329 times   1038 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

  7. Section 101 - Inventions patentable

    35 U.S.C. § 101   Cited 3,468 times   2251 Legal Analyses
    Defining patentable subject matter as "any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof."

  8. 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"

  9. 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