Appendix II — N — Decisions Cited — N

Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024

[ Editor Note: Opinions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board or its predecessor organizations (Board) made available to the public after the Board first published Standard Operating Procedure 2 in 1994 (addressing the publication of Board opinions and the designation of such opinions as precedential) that (1) expressly indicate that the opinion is binding precedent of the Board or (2) are identified as binding precedent on the Board’s Precedential opinion website ( www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/appealing -patent-decisions/decisions-and-opinions/precedential ) are precedential and binding authority. Prior to 1994, a decision by the Board was considered binding on panels of the Board only if the opinion was authorized by the Board to be published. See Ex parte Holt, 19 USPQ2d 1211 (Bd.Pat. App. & Int. 1991).]

Editor Note: When possible, parallel citations to the United States Reports or Federal Reporter and the United States Patent Quarterly (USPQ) are provided and include pinpoint pages, if appropriate. However, decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit published after July 11, 2022, no longer contain a pinpoint page for the USPQ citations.

Naber v. Cricchi, 567 F.2d 382, 196 USPQ 294 (CCPA 1977) 2138.06

Nalbandian, In re, 661 F.2d 1214, 211 USPQ 782 (CCPA 1981) 1504.02 , 1504.03

Nantkwest, Inc. v. Lee, 686 Fed. App'x. 864 (Fed. Cir. 2017) 2111.02

Napier, In re, 55 F.3d 610, 34 USPQ2d 1782 (Fed. Cir. 1995) 2112

Naquin, In re, 398 F.2d 863, 158 USPQ 317 (CCPA 1968) 2164.05(b) , 2164.06(c)

Nat. Alts. Int’l, Inc. v. Iancu, 904 F.3d 1375, 128 USPQ2d 1235 (Fed. Cir. 2018) 211.01(b)

Nat'l Steel Car, Ltd. v. Can. Pac. Ry., Ltd., 357 F.3d 1319, 69 USPQ2d 1641 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2141.03

Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc., 134 S. Ct. 2120, 110 USPQ2d 1688 (2014) 2173.02

Nazomi Communications, Inc. v. Nokia Corp., 739 F.3d 1339, 109 USPQ2d 1258 (Fed Cir. 2014) 2114

Nehrenberg, In re, 280 F.2d 161, 126 USPQ 383 (CCPA 1960) 2173.05(b)

Nelson, In re, 280 F.2d 172, 126 USPQ 242 (CCPA 1960) 2165

Nelson, In re, 420 F.2d 1079, 164 USPQ 458 (CCPA 1970) 715.07(a)

Nelson v. Bowler, 626 F.2d 853, 206 USPQ 881 (CCPA 1980) 2107.01 , 2107.02 , 2107.03 , 2138.05

Nested Bean, Inc. v. Big Beings Pty Ltd., IPR2020-01234 (Feb. 24, 2023) 608.01(n) , 707.07(i)

Netflix, Inc. v. DivX, LLC, 80 F.4th 1352, 2023 USPQ2d 1057 (Fed. Cir. 2023) 2141.01(a)

Net MoneyIN, Inc. v. VeriSign, Inc., 545 F.3d 1359, 88 USPQ2d 1751 (Fed. Cir. 2008) 2152.02(b) , 2181

New Idea Farm Equip. Corp. v. Sperry Corp., 916 F.2d 1561, 16 USPQ2d 1424 (Fed. Cir. 1990) 2138

New Railhead Mfg., L.L.C. v. Vermeer Mfg. Co., 298 F.3d 1290, 63 USPQ2d 1843 (Fed. Cir. 2002) 211.05 , 2163

Newell Cos. v. Kenney Mfg. Co., 864 F.2d 757, 9 USPQ2d 1417 (Fed. Cir. 1988) 716.01(d) , 716.04 , 2145

Newkirk v. Lulejian, 825 F.2d 1581, 3 USPQ2d 1793 (Fed. Cir. 1987) 715.07

Newman v. Quigg, 877 F.2d 1575, 11 USPQ2d 1340 (Fed. Cir. 1989) 2107.01

Newton, In re, 414 F.2d 1400, 163 USPQ 34 (CCPA 1969) 2161 , 2165.02

Ngai, In re, 367 F.3d 1336, 70 USPQ2d 1862 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2111.05 , 2112.01

Nidec Motor Corp. v. Zhongshan Broad Ocean Motor Co., 851 F.3d 1270, 122 USPQ2d 1116 (Fed. Cir. 2017) 2131.02

Nievelt, In re, 482 F.2d 965, 179 USPQ 224 (CCPA 1973) 2145

Nilssen, In re, 851 F.2d 1401, 7 USPQ2d 1500 (Fed. Cir. 1988) 1701.01 , 2143 , 2143.01 , 2144

Nitinol Medical Technologies Inc., In re, 17 USPQ2d 1492 (Comm’r Pat. & Tm. 1990) 2751

Nitz v. Ehrenreich, 537 F.2d 539, 190 USPQ 413 (CCPA 1976) 2301.03

Nix v. Hedden, 149 U.S. 304 (1893) 1204.04

Noah Systems Inc. v. Intuit Inc., 675 F.3d 1302, 102 USPQ2d 1410 (Fed. Cir. 2012) 2181 , 2185

Noelle v. Lederman, 355 F.3d 1343, 69 USPQ2d 1508 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2163

Nolan, In re, 553 F.2d 1261, 193 USPQ 641 (CCPA 1977) 716.02(b) , 716.02(c)

Nolden, Ex parte, 149 USPQ 378 (Bd. Pat. App. & Inter. 1965) 2172.01

Noll, In re, 545 F.2d 141, 191 USPQ 721 (CCPA 1976) 2163 , 2181 , 2184

Nomiya, In re, 509 F.2d 566, 184 USPQ 607 (CCPA 1975) 2129 , 2258

NOMOS Corp. v. BrainLAB USA Inc., 357 F.3d 1364, 69 USPQ2d 1853 ( Fed. Cir. 2004) 2184

Norco Products, Inc. v. Mecca Development, Inc., 617 F. Supp 1079, 227 USPQ 724 (D. Conn. 1985) 1504.01(c)

Nordberg, Inc. v. Telsmith, Inc., 82 F.3d 394, 38 USPQ2d 1593 (Fed. Cir. 1996) 410

Nordt Dev. Co., In re, 881 F.3d 1371, 125 USPQ2d 1817 (Fed. Cir. 2018) 2113

Norian Corp. v. Stryker Corp., 363 F.3d 1321, 70 USPQ2d 1508 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2111.03

Norlund, Ex parte, 1913 C.D. 161, 192 O.G. 989 (Comm’r Pat. 1913) 1213

North American Container, Inc. v. Plastipak Packaging, Inc., 415 F.3d 1335, 75 USPQ2d 1545 (Fed. Cir. 2005) 1412.02

Northam Warren Corp. v. D. F. Newfield Co., 7 F. Supp 773, 22 USPQ 313 (E.D.N.Y. 1934) 2112.01

Northern Telecom, Inc. v. Datapoint Corp., 908 F.2d 931, 15 USPQ2d 1321 (Fed. Cir. 1990) 2128.01

Northern Telecom Ltd. v. Samsung Electronics Co., 215 F.3d 1281, 55 USPQ2d 1065 (Fed. Cir. 2000) 2165.01

Norton v. Curtiss, 433 F.2d 779, 167 USPQ 532 (CCPA 1970) 2012

Novak, In re, 306 F.2d 924, 134 USPQ 335 (CCPA 1962) 2107.02 , 2107.03

Novartis AG v. Ezra Ventures LLC, 909 F.3d 1367, 128 USPQ2d 1752 (Fed. Cir. 2018) 804.05 , 2751

Novartis AG v. Lee, 740 F.3d 593, 109 USPQ2d 1385 (Fed. Cir. 2014) 2730 , 2731 , 2734

Novartis Pharms. Corp. v. Accord Healthcare, Inc., 38 F.4th 1013, 2022 USPQ2d 569 (Fed. Cir. 2022) 2173.05(i)

Novartis Pharms. v. Breckenridge Pharmto., 909 F.3d 1355, 128 USPQ2d 1745 (Fed. Cir. 2018) 804

Novartis Pharms. Corp. v. West-Ward Pharms. Int'l Ltd., 923 F.3d 1051, 2019 USPQ2d 171676 (Fed. Cir. 2019) 2141

Novitski, Ex parte, 26 USPQ2d 1389 (Bd. Pat. App. & Inter. 1993) 2112.02

Novo Industries L.P. v. Micro Molds Corp., 350 F.3d 1348, 69 USPQ2d 1128 (Fed. Cir. 2003) 1481

Noznick, In re, 391 F.2d 946, 157 USPQ 266 (CCPA 1968) 1207.03

Noznick, In re, 478 F.2d 1260, 178 USPQ 43 (CCPA 1973) 716.03(b)

NTP, Inc. v. Research in Motion, Ltd., 418 F.3d 1282, 75 USPQ2d 1763 (Fed. Cir. 2005) 2106.03

NTP, In re, 654 F.3d 1268, 99 USPQ2d 1500 (Fed. Cir. 2011) 2258

NTP, In re, 654 F.3d 1279, 99 USPQ2d 1481 (Fed. Cir. 2011) 715.07 , 904.01

Nuijten, In re, 500 F.3d 1346, 84 USPQ2d 1495 (Fed. Cir. 2007) 2106 , 2107.01