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Kingston Technology Company, Inc. v. Imation Corporation

10788623 (P.T.A.B. Mar. 24, 2016)
Kingston Technology Company, Inc. v. Imation Corporation

30 Cited authorities

  1. Phillips v. AWH Corp.

    415 F.3d 1303 (Fed. Cir. 2005)   Cited 5,861 times   167 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "because extrinsic evidence can help educate the court regarding the field of the invention and can help the court determine what a person of ordinary skill in the art would understand claim terms to mean, it is permissible for the district court in its sound discretion to admit and use such evidence"

  2. Scimed Life Sys. v. Adv. Cardiovascular

    242 F.3d 1337 (Fed. Cir. 2001)   Cited 867 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Holding that description of "present invention" in specification is limiting on claim

  3. NTP, Inc. v. Research in Motion, Ltd.

    418 F.3d 1282 (Fed. Cir. 2005)   Cited 466 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Holding actual use dispositive, regardless of the type of transfer

  4. Trs. of Columbia Univ. in the City of N.Y. v. Symantec Corp.

    811 F.3d 1359 (Fed. Cir. 2016)   Cited 262 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding claims describing the extraction of machine code instructions from something that did not have machine code instructions indefinite as "nonsensical in the way a claim to extracting orange juice from apples would be"

  5. Anchor Wall Sys. v. Rockwood Retaining Walls

    340 F.3d 1298 (Fed. Cir. 2003)   Cited 212 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding "words of approximation, such as 'generally' and 'substantially,' are descriptive terms commonly used in patent claims to avoid a strict numerical boundary to the specified parameter"

  6. AK Steel Corp. v. Sollac

    344 F.3d 1234 (Fed. Cir. 2003)   Cited 209 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "dependent claims are presumed to be of narrower scope than the independent claims from which they depend"

  7. CAE Screenplates Inc. v. Heinrich Fiedler GmbH & Co. KG

    224 F.3d 1308 (Fed. Cir. 2000)   Cited 224 times
    Holding there is a presumption that when different words are used to describe different elements they have different meanings

  8. Aventis Pharma S.A. v. Hospira, Inc.

    675 F.3d 1324 (Fed. Cir. 2012)   Cited 131 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Finding the existence of a characteristic in one or more, or even all, embodiments not enough to impose a limitation on the claim language

  9. Belden Inc. v. Berk-Tek LLC

    805 F.3d 1064 (Fed. Cir. 2015)   Cited 113 times   21 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a declaration appended to a reply brief "fairly respond[ed] only to arguments made in ... [the patent owner]'s response," as required by § 42.23(b), and that the patent owner had "a meaningful opportunity to respond," as required by the APA

  10. Baran v. Medical Device Tech

    616 F.3d 1309 (Fed. Cir. 2010)   Cited 77 times
    Holding "release means for retaining the guide in the charged position" recited not only retaining function but also "vital," "purely functional" release function, because contemplated function of claimed biopsy instrument was not to retain indefinitely but "to retain for the express purpose of producing a spring-loaded release on demand"

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

    35 U.S.C. § 103   Cited 6,148 times   482 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."

  12. Section 102 - Conditions for patentability; novelty

    35 U.S.C. § 102   Cited 6,016 times   1014 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting the grant of a patent to one who "did not himself invent the subject matter sought to be patented"

  13. Section 314 - Institution of inter partes review

    35 U.S.C. § 314   Cited 377 times   633 Legal Analyses
    Directing our attention to the Director's decision whether to institute inter partes review "under this chapter" rather than "under this section"

  14. Section 316 - Conduct of inter partes review

    35 U.S.C. § 316   Cited 294 times   311 Legal Analyses
    Stating that "the petitioner shall have the burden of proving a proposition of unpatentability"

  15. Section 318 - Decision of the Board

    35 U.S.C. § 318   Cited 161 times   140 Legal Analyses
    Governing the incorporation of claims added via the operation of § 316(d)

  16. Section 312 - Petitions

    35 U.S.C. § 312   Cited 128 times   121 Legal Analyses
    Governing inter partes reexamination

  17. Section 313 - Preliminary response to petition

    35 U.S.C. § 313   Cited 54 times   4 Legal Analyses

    If an inter partes review petition is filed under section 311, the patent owner shall have the right to file a preliminary response to the petition, within a time period set by the Director, that sets forth reasons why no inter partes review should be instituted based upon the failure of the petition to meet any requirement of this chapter. 35 U.S.C. § 313 Added Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, §1000(a)(9) [title IV, §4604(a)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-568; amended Pub. L. 107-273, div. C, title

  18. Section 42.100 - Procedure; pendency

    37 C.F.R. § 42.100   Cited 192 times   75 Legal Analyses
    Providing that the PTAB gives " claim . . . its broadest reasonable construction in light of the specification of the patent in which it appears"

  19. Section 42.23 - Oppositions, replies, and sur-replies

    37 C.F.R. § 42.23   Cited 43 times   40 Legal Analyses
    Taking testimony

  20. Section 42.104 - Content of petition

    37 C.F.R. § 42.104   Cited 28 times   54 Legal Analyses
    Describing the content of the petition, including both "the patents or printed publications relied upon for each ground," and "supporting evidence relied upon to support the challenge"

  21. Section 42.73 - Judgment

    37 C.F.R. § 42.73   Cited 18 times   62 Legal Analyses
    Regarding judgments

  22. Section 42.22 - Content of petitions and motions

    37 C.F.R. § 42.22   Cited 14 times   16 Legal Analyses

    (a) Each petition or motion must be filed as a separate paper and must include: (1) A statement of the precise relief requested; and (2) A full statement of the reasons for the relief requested, including a detailed explanation of the significance of the evidence including material facts, and the governing law, rules, and precedent. (b)Relief requested. Where a rule in part 1 of this title ordinarily governs the relief sought, the petition or motion must make any showings required under that rule

  23. Section 42.2 - Definitions

    37 C.F.R. § 42.2   Cited 7 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Defining "party" as "at least the petitioner and the patent owner"

  24. Section 42.65 - Expert testimony; tests and data

    37 C.F.R. § 42.65   Cited 6 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Discussing "[e]xpert testimony"

  25. Section 42.207 - Preliminary response to petition

    37 C.F.R. § 42.207   Cited 5 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Permitting patent owner to file preliminary responses to petition for post-grant review

  26. Section 90.2 - Notice; service

    37 C.F.R. § 90.2   2 Legal Analyses

    (a)For an appeal under 35 U.S.C. 141 . (1) (i) In all appeals, the notice of appeal required by 35 U.S.C. 142 must be filed with the Director by electronic mail to the email address indicated on the United States Patent and Trademark Office's web page for the Office of the General Counsel. This electronically submitted notice will be accorded a receipt date, which is the date in Eastern Time when the correspondence is received in the Office, regardless of whether that date is a Saturday, Sunday,