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Ex parte CHRYSAM et al.

07794764 (B.P.A.I. May. 20, 1998)
Ex parte CHRYSAM et al.

2 Cited authorities

  1. Application of Geerdes

    491 F.2d 1260 (C.C.P.A. 1974)   Cited 11 times

    Patent Appeal No. 9118. February 21, 1974. Boris Haskell, Washington, D.C., attorney of record, for appellant. Joseph F. Nakamura, Washington, D.C., for the Commissioner of Patents; Fred E. McKelvey, Washington, D.C., of counsel. Appeal from the Patent Office Board of Appeals. Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, and RICH, BALDWIN, LANE and MILLER, Judges. MILLER, Judge. This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals affirming the rejection of claims 2-4, 7, 8, 19, and 20 of application

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

    35 U.S.C. § 103   Cited 6,129 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."