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Ex Parte 7,188,180 et al

95001792 (P.T.A.B. Apr. 1, 2014)
Ex Parte 7,188,180 et al

5 Cited authorities

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

    35 U.S.C. § 103   Cited 6,130 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."

  2. Section 102 - Conditions for patentability; novelty

    35 U.S.C. § 102   Cited 5,998 times   1001 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting the grant of a patent to one who "did not himself invent the subject matter sought to be patented"

  3. Section 1.98 - Content of information disclosure statement

    37 C.F.R. § 1.98   Cited 42 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Requiring an applicant to provide the "date" for each publication listed in an IDS

  4. Section 41.77 - Decisions and other actions by the Board

    37 C.F.R. § 41.77   Cited 16 times   3 Legal Analyses

    (a) The Patent Trial and Appeal Board, in its decision, may affirm or reverse each decision of the examiner on all issues raised on each appealed claim, or remand the reexamination proceeding to the examiner for further consideration. The reversal of the examiner's determination not to make a rejection proposed by the third party requester constitutes a decision adverse to the patentability of the claims which are subject to that proposed rejection which will be set forth in the decision of the Patent

  5. Section 1.933 - Patent owner duty of disclosure in inter partes reexamination proceedings

    37 C.F.R. § 1.933   Cited 1 times

    (a) Each individual associated with the patent owner in an inter partes reexamination proceeding has a duty of candor and good faith in dealing with the Office, which includes a duty to disclose to the Office all information known to that individual to be material to patentability in a reexamination proceeding as set forth in § 1.555(a) and (b) . The duty to disclose all information known to be material to patentability in an inter partes reexamination proceeding is deemed to be satisfied by filing