Law of Patents - by Craig Allen Nard
 
  
 
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table of contents
  1. Origins and Architecture of the Patent System
  2. Disclosing and Claiming the Invention
  3. Eligible Subject Matter and Utility
  4. Novelty and Priority
  5. Statutory Bars
  6. Non-Obviousness
  7. Enforcing Patent Rights
  8. Defenses to Patent Infringement
  9. Remedies
Laws, Regulations, and Treaties
Courts, Institutions, and Organizations
Documents and Literature
 
 
Chapter 4 - Novelty and Priority
Introduction
  1. Novelty
    1. Novelty’s Doctrinal Framework
      Atlas Powder Company v. IRECO Incorporated
      view pdfClay Patent No. 4,111,727
      view pdfClay Reissue Patent No. Re. 33,788
      Comments
    2. “Known or Used” Under § 102(a)
      Gayler v. Wilder
      view pdfFitzgerald Patent No. 3,117
      Rosaire v. Baroid Sales Division
      view pdfHorvitz and Rosaire Patent No. 2,324,085
      view pdfHorvitz and Rosaire Patent No. 2,192,525
      3. Comparative Perspective: Defining Prior Art and Geographical Limitations
    3. Novelty-Defeating Patent Disclosures Under § 102(e)
      Alexander Milburn Co. v. Davis-Bournoville Co.
      Comments
    4. Novelty-Defeating Inventive Activity Under § 102(g)(2)
      Thomson v. Quixote Corp.
      view pdfThomson Patent No. 4,961,183
      view pdfThomson Patent No. 5,175,725
      view pdfThomson Patent No. 4,868,808
      view pdfThomson Patent No. 5,182,743
      Comments
    5. Foreign-Based Activity as Prior Art Under §§ 102(e) and (g)
      In re Hilmer (Hilmer I)
      In re Hilmer (Hilmer II)
      Comments
  2. Printed Publication
    In re Klopfenstein
    Comments
  3. Priority
    1. Proving Date of Invention
      Mahurkar v. C.R. Bard, Inc.
      view pdfMahurkar Patent No. 4,808,155
      Comments
    2. Abandonment and Diligence
      Griffith v. Kanamaru
      Fujikawa v. Wattanasin
      Comments
      3. Policy Perspective: First-to-Invent v. First-to-File