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Ex Parte Aggerholm et al

12964055 (P.T.A.B. Dec. 2, 2015)
Ex Parte Aggerholm et al

8 Cited authorities

  1. KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc.

    550 U.S. 398 (2007)   Cited 1,550 times   185 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. Application of Aller

    220 F.2d 454 (C.C.P.A. 1955)   Cited 47 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Finding no criticality where claimed conditions allegedly contributed to roughly 20 percentage point improvement in yield

  3. In re Mraz

    455 F.2d 1069 (C.C.P.A. 1972)   Cited 18 times
    Explaining that features that patent drawings "show clearly" can be sufficient to establish anticipation, especially when they are the focus of the figure and shown "with great particularity," but distinguishing a case where the patent drawing at issue was "obviously never intended to show the dimensions of anything"

  4. In re Seid

    161 F.2d 229 (C.C.P.A. 1947)   Cited 13 times

    Patent Appeal No. 5283. April 22, 1947. Appeal from Board of Patent Appeals, Serial No. 373,565. Proceeding in the matter of the application of Frederick Seid for a patent relating to an advertising display device. From a decision of the Board of Appeals affirming a decision of the Primary Examiner rejecting claims of application, applicant appeals. Decision affirmed. Charles R. Allen, of Washington, D.C., William G. MacKay and William S. Graham, both of San Francisco, Cal., for appellant. W.W. Cochran

  5. In re Wagner

    20 C.C.P.A. 985 (C.C.P.A. 1933)   Cited 4 times

    Patent Appeal No. 3126. April 17, 1933. Appeal from the Board of Patent Appeals. Application for patent by Noah E. Wagner. From a decision rejecting the application, applicant appeals. Affirmed. Joseph H. Milans and Calvin T. Milans, both of Washington, D.C., for appellant. T.A. Hostetler, of Washington, D.C. (Howard S. Miller, of Washington, D.C., of counsel), for Commissioner of Patents. Before GRAHAM, Presiding Judge, and BLAND, HATFIELD, GARRETT, and LENROOT, Associate Judges. LENROOT, Associate

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

    35 U.S.C. § 103   Cited 6,133 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."

  7. Section 6 - Patent Trial and Appeal Board

    35 U.S.C. § 6   Cited 186 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"

  8. 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