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Ex Parte Vrijer et al

09350448 (B.P.A.I. Jan. 12, 2004)
Ex Parte Vrijer et al

3 Cited authorities

  1. W.L. Gore Associates, Inc. v. Garlock

    721 F.2d 1540 (Fed. Cir. 1983)   Cited 326 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding the district court erred by "considering the references in less than their entireties, i.e., in disregarding disclosures in the references that diverge from and teach away from the invention at hand"

  2. Fromson v. Advance Offset Plate, Inc.

    755 F.2d 1549 (Fed. Cir. 1985)   Cited 134 times
    Concluding that "[t]he Examiner's decision, on an original or reissue application, is never binding on a court."

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

    35 U.S.C. § 103   Cited 6,126 times   479 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."