37 C.F.R. §1.171 - Application for reissue
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19 cases
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Rohm and Haas Co. v. Mobil Oil Corp., Civ. A. No. 78-384-JLL
...more fully in Section III et seq. of this Opinion. 7 On October 19, 1978, Mobil applied for reissue of U.S. Patent 3,979,437 under 37 C.F.R. § 1.171 et seq. (1977). The then recently modified reissue procedures enabled a patentee to seek reconsideration of an issued patent in view of releva......
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Hewlett-Packard Co. v. Bausch & Lomb, Inc.
...on Patents (3d ed. 1985) § 14.1. The actual procedure used in reissuing patents is contained in the Code of Federal Regulations. See 37 C.F.R. §§ 1.171-1.179 (July 1987). The current regulations are slightly different than those in effect at the time that B & L made its reissue application.......
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National Business Systems, Inc. v. AM Intern., Inc., 80 C 4915
...as the Patent Office Rules require surrender of the original patent before a reissue patent may be granted, 35 U.S.C. § 251; Rule 171, 37 C.F.R. § 1.171. However, 35 U.S.C. § 252, entitled "Effect of Reissue," specifically states that the surrender of the original patent does not take effec......
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Dresser Industries, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co., Civ. A. No. CA3-80-1470-G.
...compelling Dresser to file an application for "reissue" of its patents, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §§ 251-256 and PTO rules set forth at 37 C.F.R. § 1.171 et seq., and for dismissal of this action pending a reissue decision. Ford argues that the PTO's reissue procedures are both more fair and ap......
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3 books & journal articles
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Use of Reissue Proceedings in Hatch-Waxman Litigation
...or Andrew M. Alul, Joseph M. Bennett-Paris, Ph.D., and Richard T. Ruzich, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP. 1. 35 U.S.C. § 251; see also 37 C.F.R. §§ 1.171–1.178. 115 dor54588_06_ch06_115-128.indd 115 5/5/16 5:31 CHAPTER 6 drawing, or by reason of the patentee claiming more or less than he h......
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Patent Prosecution
...potential consequences to the patent owner. A form of defense to patent infringement of a reissue patent is intervening rights. 60. 37 C.F.R. §1.171. 133 134 Section 2, Part Intervening rights are those rights acquired by a defendant in developing a method or apparatus that infringes a clai......
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Patent Litigation
...of the patent before the USPTO.4If done within two years of issuance of the patent, the owner may seek broader scopes of protection.54. 37 C.F.R. §1.171. 5. See Patent Prosecution 146 Section 2, Part 3 II. LOCAL RULES6For whichever jurisdiction is selected for pursuit of a patent litigation......