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Ex parte Lindley et al.

08740389 (B.P.A.I. Sep. 18, 1998)
Ex parte Lindley et al.

5 Cited authorities

  1. Bausch & Lomb, Inc. v. Barnes-Hind/Hydrocurve, Inc.

    796 F.2d 443 (Fed. Cir. 1986)   Cited 145 times
    Holding that the term "smooth," in light of the intrinsic record, "means smooth enough to serve the inventor's purpose"

  2. In re Fritch

    972 F.2d 1260 (Fed. Cir. 1992)   Cited 30 times
    Stating "dependent claims are nonobvious if the independent claims from which they depend are nonobvious"

  3. Application of Warner

    379 F.2d 1011 (C.C.P.A. 1967)   Cited 22 times   1 Legal Analyses

    Patent Appeal No. 7822. June 29, 1967. Richard E. Warner, for appellants. Joseph Schimmel, Washington, D.C. (Jere W. Sears, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for the Commissioner of Patents. Before WORLEY, Chief Judge, RICH, SMITH, and ALMOND, Judges, and WILLIAM H. KIRKPATRICK. Senior District Judge, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, sitting by designation. SMITH, Judge. This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals affirming the examiner's rejection of the appealed claims under 35 U

  4. In re Young

    452 F.2d 1052 (C.C.P.A. 1972)   Cited 4 times

    Patent Appeal No. 8562. January 13, 1972. R.J. Eichelburg, New York City, attorney of record, for appellants; L.C. Smith, New York City, Paul A. Rose, Washington, D.C., of counsel. S. Wm. Cochran, Washington, D.C., for the Commissioner of Patents; Jack E. Armore, Washington, D.C., of counsel. Appeal from the Patent Office, Board of Appeals. Before WORLEY, Chief Judge, and RICH, ALMOND, BALDWIN and LANE, Judges. LANE, Judge. This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals affirming the

  5. 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."