Appendix II — V — Decisions Cited — V

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.

Vaeck, In re, 947 F.2d 488, 20 USPQ2d 1438 (Fed. Cir. 1991) 2107.01 , 2144.08 , 2164.01 , 2164.01(c) , 2164.03 , 2164.06(b) , 2164.08

Valmont Industries, Inc. v. Reinke Manufacturing Co., 983 F.2d 1039, 25 USPQ2d 1451 (Fed. Cir. 1993) 2183 , 2184 , 2186

Valve Corp. v. Ironburg Inventions Ltd., 8 F.4th 1364, 2021 USPQ2d 867 (Fed. Cir. 2021) 2128

Vamco Machine and Tool, Inc., In re, 752 F.2d 1564, 224 USPQ 617 (Fed. Cir. 1985) 716.03(b)

Vandenberg v. Dairy Equipment Co., 740 F.2d 1560, 224 USPQ 195 (Fed. Cir. 1984) 716.06

Vander Wal, Ex parte, 109 USPQ 119, 1956 C.D. 11, 705 O.G. 5 (Bd. Pat. App. 1955) 608.04(a)

Van Esdonk, In re, 187 USPQ 671 (Comm’r Pat. 1975) 216.01

Van Geuns, In re, 988 F.2d 1181, 26 USPQ2d 1057 (Fed. Cir. 1993) 707.07(f) , 2145

Van Langenhoven, In re, 458 F.2d 132, 173 USPQ 426 (CCPA 1972) 211.05 , 2004 , 2135.01 , 2152.02(b) , 2217 , 2258

Vanmoor v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc ., 201 F.3d 1363, 53 USPQ2d 1377 (Fed. Cir. 2000) 2133.03(c)

Van Ornum, In re, 686 F.2d 937, 214 USPQ 761 (CCPA 1982) 804 , 804.02 , 1504.06

Van Os, In re, 844 F.3d 1359, 121 USPQ2d 1209 (Fed. Cir. 2017) 2143 , 2144.03 , 2144.05

Varga, Ex Parte, 189 USPQ 209 (Bd. App. 1973) 2012.01

Varma, In re, 816 F.3d 1352, 118 USPQ2d 1342 (Fed. Cir. 2016) 2111.01

Vas-Cath, Inc. v. Mahurkar, 935 F.2d 1555, 19 USPQ2d 1111 (Fed. Cir. 1991) 608.04(a) , 1504.20 , 2152.02(b) , 2161 , 2161.01 , 2163 , 2163.02 , 2164 , 2181

Vasudevan Software, Inc. v. MicroStrategy, Inc., 782 F.3d 671, 114 USPQ2d 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2015) 2161 , 2161.01

Vectra Fitness Inc. v. TNWK Corp., 162 F.3d 1379, 49 USPQ2d 1144 (Fed. Cir. 1998) 1412.03

Venezia, In re, 530 F.2d 956, 189 USPQ 149 (CCPA 1976) 2163 , 2163.05 , 2172.01 , 2173.05(g)

Venner, In re, 262 F.2d 91, 120 USPQ 193 (CCPA 1958) 2114 , 2144.04

Verdegaal Bros. v. Union Oil Co. of California, 814 F.2d 628, 2 USPQ2d 1051 (Fed. Cir. 1987) 2131

VerHoef, In re, 888 F.3d 1362, 126 F.2d 1561 (Fed. Cir. 2018) 2137 , 2138.04

Versata Dev. Group v. SAP Am., Inc., 793 F.3d 1306, 115 USPQ2d 1681 (Fed. Cir. 2015) 2106.04(a)(2) , 2106.05(a) , 2106.05(b) , 2106.05(d) , 2106.05(f) , 2106.07(a)

Vickers, In re, 141 F.2d 522, 61 USPQ 122 (CCPA 1944) 2164.03

Visual Memory LLC. v. NVIDIA Corp., 867 F.3d 1253, 123 USPQ2d 1712 (Fed. Cir. 2017) 2106.04(a) , 2106.05(a)

Vitronics Corp. v. Conceptronic Inc., 90 F.3d 1576, 39 USPQ2d 1573 (Fed. Cir. 1996) 2111.01

Vogel, In re, 422 F.2d 438, 164 USPQ 619 (CCPA 1970) 804 , 804.01 , 804.02 , 1504.06

Voter Verified, Inc. v. Premier Election Solutions, Inc., 698 F.3d 1374, 104 USPQ2d 1553 (Fed. Cir. 2012) 2128 , 2128.01 , 2152.02(e)

Volvo Penta of the Americas, LLC v. Brunswick Corp., 81 F.4th 1202, 2023 USPQ2d 1000 (Fed. Cir. 2023) 716.01(b) , 716.01(d) , 2145