Legal Opinion

In Re Robert L. Lundak

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided September 16, 1985No. Appeal 85-887PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal concerns the administrative rule of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) whereby an inventor in the field of microbiology is required to deposit a sample of relevant biological materials with an independent depository on or before the date the inventor files a patent application. Such deposit requirement applies only to biological materials that are not readily reproducible from their written description.

The PTO Board of Appeals affirmed the examiner’s rejection of claims 1 and 2 of patent application Serial No. 247,656 entitled “High…

2Cases cited8 opinions

Diamond v. ChakrabartySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Garlock, Inc., Appellee/cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1983
In re GlassCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1974
White Consolidated Industries, Inc., Appellant/cross v. Vega Servo-Control, Inc., Appellee/crossCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1983
Application of Alexander D. Argoudelis, Clarence De Boer, Thomas E. Eble and Ross R. HerrCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1970

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3Cited by18 opinions

Moore v. Regents of University of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1990
Amgen, Inc., Plaintiff/cross-Appellant v. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and Genetics Institute, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1991
In Re Jack R. Wands, Vincent R. Zurawski, Jr., and Hubert J.P. SchoemakerCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1988
In Re Kuriappan P. Alappat, Edward E. Averill and James G. LarsenCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1994
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Plaintiff-Cross v. Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2000

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