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Ex parte WAGNER

07623324 (B.P.A.I. Oct. 29, 1998)
Ex parte WAGNER

4 Cited authorities

  1. Diamond v. Diehr

    450 U.S. 175 (1981)   Cited 537 times   130 Legal Analyses
    Holding a procedure for molding rubber that included a computer program is within patentable subject matter

  2. State St. Bank Trust v. Sig. Fin. G

    149 F.3d 1368 (Fed. Cir. 1998)   Cited 60 times   24 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the means-plus-function elements of the claims on appeal all corresponded to supporting structures disclosed in the written description

  3. Section 112 - Specification

    35 U.S.C. § 112   Cited 7,362 times   1046 Legal Analyses
    Requiring patent applications to include a "specification" that provides, among other information, a written description of the invention and of the manner and process of making and using it

  4. Section 101 - Inventions patentable

    35 U.S.C. § 101   Cited 3,493 times   2273 Legal Analyses
    Defining patentable subject matter as "any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof."