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Guidelines for the Examination of Claims Directed to Species of Chemical Compositions Based Upon a Single Prior Art Reference

Federal Register · Notice · Sep 3, 1998

Cir. 1993); In re Oetiker, 977 F.2d 1443, 1445, 24 USPQ2d 1443, 1444 (Fed. Cir. 1992). Graham v. … The court in In re Hoeksema, 399 F.2d 269, 274, 158 USPQ 596, 601 (CCPA 1968), stated: ``Thus, upon careful reconsideration it is our view that if the prior art of record fails to disclose or render

2014 Interim Guidance on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility

Federal Register · Rule · Dec 16, 2014

• a mathematical procedure for converting one form of numerical representation to another ( Benson:  24 see Section IV.A.4.) 24   Benson, 409 U.S. at 63. 3. … The court did not clearly indicate whether the claim was directed to one or more of these proposed abstract ideas, but stated that “under any of these characterizations of the abstract idea, the `399 patent's

Changes To Practice for Continued Examination Filings, Patent Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, and Examination of Claims in Patent Applications

Federal Register · Rule · Aug 21, 2007

Office 1329 (Jan. 24, 2006) (proposed rule) (hereinafter “Claims Proposed Rule”). … Henriksen , at 399 F.2d at 261-62, 158 U.S.P.Q. at 231.