In re Bode’s Empirical Analysis
550 F.2d 656 · 1977
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
July 1981
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 102 · 35 U.S.C. § 112 · 35 U.S.C. § 120
Relies on Scalza v. United States · In re Wiechert · In re LeGrice · In re Prater · Binstead v. Littmann
Most-quoted passages
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“Every patent application and reference relies to some extent upon knowledge of persons skilled in the art to complement that disclosed in order that it be 'enabling' within the meaning of § 112.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“One skilled in the art would be expected to have sufficient basic knowledge to construct such means, the structure of which would be simple.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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