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ABSORBENT PRODUCTS LTD.

2020005985 (P.T.A.B. Mar. 18, 2021)
ABSORBENT PRODUCTS LTD.

8 Cited authorities

  1. KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc.

    550 U.S. 398 (2007)   Cited 1,565 times   187 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, in an obviousness analysis, "[r]igid preventative rules that deny factfinders recourse to common sense, however, are neither necessary under our case law nor consistent with it"

  2. Graham v. John Deere Co.

    383 U.S. 1 (1966)   Cited 3,186 times   68 Legal Analyses
    Holding commercial success is a "secondary consideration" suggesting nonobviousness

  3. Pers. Web Techs., LLC v. Apple, Inc.

    848 F.3d 987 (Fed. Cir. 2017)   Cited 66 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Concluding that the Board provided an inadequate analysis to provide meaningful appellate review

  4. In re Marriage of Aller

    No. 3-555 / 02-1256 (Iowa Ct. App. Sep. 24, 2003)

    No. 3-555 / 02-1256 Filed September 24, 2003 Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Linn County, Amanda P. Potterfield, Judge. Teena Aller appeals from various portions of the decree dissolving her marriage to Brian Aller. AFFIRMED. David McManus of Glasson, Sole, McManus Pearson, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellant. Christine Crilley of the Crilley Law Office, Cedar Rapids, for appellee. Considered by Sackett, C.J., and Miller and Hecht, JJ. HECHT, J. Teena Aller appeals from various portions of

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

    35 U.S.C. § 103   Cited 6,157 times   488 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 188 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

  8. Section 1.42 - Applicant for patent

    37 C.F.R. § 1.42   1 Legal Analyses

    (a) The word "applicant" when used in this title refers to the inventor or all of the joint inventors, or to the person applying for a patent as provided in §§ 1.43 , 1.45 , or 1.46 . (b) If a person is applying for a patent as provided in § 1.46 , the word "applicant" refers to the assignee, the person to whom the inventor is under an obligation to assign the invention, or the person who otherwise shows sufficient proprietary interest in the matter, who is applying for a patent under § 1.46 and