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Ex parte Trinchero et al.

08432443 (B.P.A.I. Apr. 16, 1998)
Ex parte Trinchero et al.

2 Cited authorities

  1. Application of Lockhart

    190 F.2d 208 (C.C.P.A. 1951)   Cited 4 times

    Patent Appeals No. 5783. June 26, 1951. Duell Kane, and David S. Kane, all of New York City (Albert F. Bower, New York City, of counsel), for appellant. E.L. Reynolds, Washington, D.C. (S.W. Cochran, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for the Commissioner of Patents. Before GARRETT, Chief Judge, and JACKSON, O'CONNELL, JOHNSON, and WORLEY, Judges. WORLEY, Judge. This is an appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office, affirming that of the Primary Examiner finally

  2. 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."