37 C.F.R. § 1.14 - Patent applications preserved in confidence
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Patent cases: Patent business goals; implementation,
...correspondence address. See 37 CFR 1.33(a). In addition, only an attorney or agent that is of record may execute a power to inspect. See 37 CFR 1.14(e)(2). The PTO is also considering amending 37 CFR 1.34(b) to include in the definition of ``attorney or agent of record'' the attorney or age......
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Lee Pharmaceuticals v. Kreps, No. 76-2082
...negates any assumption that their contents "would have been obvious" to the relevant segment of the public. (35 U.S.C. § 122; 37 C.F.R. § 1.14(a) & (b); Sears v. Gottschalk, supra, 502 F.2d at 131-32. See The Corn-Planter Patent (1874)90 U.S. (23 Wall.) 181, 210-11, 23 L.Ed. 161 (abandoned ......
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Plastic & Metal Fabricators, Inc. v. Roy
...silent as to when the injunction will terminate if the plaintiff chooses to abandon his patent application, thus retaining his secret. 37 C.F.R. § 1.14(b); Compare Conmar Products Corporation v. Universal Slide Fastener Co., 172 F.2d 150 (2d Cir.) (wrongdoer relieved of liability after secr......
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Kewanee Oil Company v. Bicron Corporation 8212 187, No. 73
...and abandoned patent applications are held by the Patent Office in confidence and are not open to public inspection. 35 U.S.C. § 122; 37 CFR § 1.14(b). Even as the extension of trade secret protection to patentable subject matter that the owner knows will not meet the standards of patentabi......
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36 cases
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Lee Pharmaceuticals v. Kreps, No. 76-2082
...negates any assumption that their contents "would have been obvious" to the relevant segment of the public. (35 U.S.C. § 122; 37 C.F.R. § 1.14(a) & (b); Sears v. Gottschalk, supra, 502 F.2d at 131-32. See The Corn-Planter Patent (1874)90 U.S. (23 Wall.) 181, 210-11, 23 L.Ed. 161 (abandoned ......
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Kewanee Oil Company v. Bicron Corporation 8212 187, No. 73
...and abandoned patent applications are held by the Patent Office in confidence and are not open to public inspection. 35 U.S.C. § 122; 37 CFR § 1.14(b). Even as the extension of trade secret protection to patentable subject matter that the owner knows will not meet the standards of patentabi......
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Plastic & Metal Fabricators, Inc. v. Roy
...silent as to when the injunction will terminate if the plaintiff chooses to abandon his patent application, thus retaining his secret. 37 C.F.R. § 1.14(b); Compare Conmar Products Corporation v. Universal Slide Fastener Co., 172 F.2d 150 (2d Cir.) (wrongdoer relieved of liability after secr......
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Sears v. Gottschalk, No. 73-1699
...and abandoned patent applications are held by the Patent Office in confidence and are not open to public inspection. 35 U.S.C. 122; 37 C.F.R. 1.14(b). While at first blush this sentence may seem to decide the instant case, we are persuaded that it has not, and that the issue is before us fo......
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2 firm's commentaries
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MBHB Snippets: Review of Developments in Intellectual Property Law - Volume 9, Issue 1 - Winter 2011
...Protection Act of 1999, sec. 4502, § 122(b)(1)(B), 113 Stat. 1501A-552, 1501A-561 (codified at 35 U.S.C. § 122(b)(1)(B) (2006)); see also 37 CFR § 1.14 (2010).See U.S. Patent & Tradem ark Office, U.S. Dep’t of Comme rce, Performance and Accountability Report Fiscal Year 2010 (2010), availab......
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Patent Data, Prior Art, and Operational Transparency at the USPTO
...Protection Act of 1999, sec. 4502, § 122(b)(1)(B), 113 Stat. 1501A-552, 1501A-561 (codified at 35 U.S.C. § 122(b)(1)(B) (2006)); see also 37 CFR § 1.14 (2010). 2. See U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, U.S. Dep’t of Commerce, Performance and Accountability Report Fiscal Year 2010 (2010), avail......
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Transmittal Letter to the U.S. Designated/Elected Office (DO/EO/US) Concerning a Submission under 35 U.S.C. 371 (for PCT filing dates on or after March 16, 2013)-PTO-1390
...to 35 U.S.C. 122(b) or issuance of a patent pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 151. Further, a record may be disclosed, subject to the limitations of 37 CFR 1.14, as a routine use, to the public if the record was filed in an application which became abandoned or in which the proceedings were terminated ......
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Request for Ex Parte Reexamination Transmittal Form-SB/57
...to 35 U.S.C. 122(b) or issuance of a patent pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 151. Further, a record may be disclosed, subject to the limitations of 37 CFR 1.14, as a routine use, to the public if the record was filed in an application which became abandoned or in which the proceedings were terminated ......
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Request For Supplemental Examination Transmittal Form-SB/59
...to 35 U.S.C. 122(b) or issuance of a patent pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 151. Further, a record may be disclosed, subject to the limitations of 37 CFR 1.14, as a routine use, to the public if the record was filed in an application which became abandoned or in which the proceedings were terminated ......
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Request for Recalculation of Patent Term Adjustment in view of Safe Harbor Statement Under 37 CFR 1.704(d)-SB/134
...to 35 U.S.C. 122(b) or issuance of a patent pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 151. Further, a record may be disclosed, subject to the limitations of 37 CFR 1.14, as a routine use, to the public if the record was filed in an application which became abandoned or in which the proceedings were terminated ......
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