Appendix II — Y — Decisions Cited — Y
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.
Yale, In re, 434 F.2d 666, 168 USPQ 46 (CCPA 1970) 716.07
Yamaguchi, Ex parte, 61 USPQ2d 1043 (Bd. Pat. App. & Inter. 2001) 1412.02
Yamamoto, In re, 740 F.2d 1569, 222 USPQ 934 (Fed. Cir. 1984) 2111 , 2173.01 , 2173.02 , 2240 , 2258
Yamazaki, In re, 702 F.3d 1327, 104 USPQ2d 2024 (Fed. Cir. 2012) 1490
Yardley, In re, 493 F.2d 1389, 181 USPQ 331 (CCPA 1974) 1504.03 , 1512
Yarn Processing Patent Validity Litigation, 183 USPQ 65 (5th Cir. 1974) 2128.01
Yeda Research and Development Co. v. Abbott GMBH Co., 837 F.3d 1341, 120 USPQ2d 1299 (Fed. Cir. 2016) 2163 , 2163.07(a)
Yeo, Ex parte, Appeal No. 2020-001116 (PTAB March 2, 2020) 1412.01
Yita LLC, v MacNeil IP LLC, 69 F.4th 1356, 2023 USPQ2d 667 (Fed. Cir. 2023) 716.01(b) , 2145
York Products, Inc. v. Central Tractor Farm & Family Center, 99 F.3d 1568, 40 USPQ2d 1619 (Fed. Cir. 1996) 2181
Youman, In re, 679 F.3d 1335, 102 USPQ2d 1862 (Fed. Cir. 2012) 1412.01 , 1412.02
Young, In re, 75 F.2d 996, 25 USPQ 69 (CCPA 1935) 2115
Young, In re, 927 F.2d 588, 18 USPQ2d 1089 (Fed. Cir. 1991) 2143.01
Young v. Dworkin, 489 F.2d 1277, 180 USPQ 388 (CCPA 1974) 2138.03
Yuasa Battery v. Comm’r, 3 USPQ2d 1143 (D.D.C. 1987) 2279
Cited authority
- 716.07 Inoperability of References
- 1412.02 Recapture of Canceled Subject Matter
- 2111 Claim Interpretation; Broadest Reasonable Interpretation
- 2173.01 Interpreting the Claims
- 2173.02 Determining Whether Claim Language is Definite
- 2240 Decision on Request Filed under 35 U.S.C. 302
- 2258 Scope of Ex Parte Reexamination
- 1490 Disclaimers
- 1504.03 Nonobviousness
- 1512 Relationship Between Design Patent, Copyright, and Trademark
- 2128.01 Level of Public Accessibility Required
- 2163 Guidelines for the Examination of Patent Applications Under the 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, first paragraph, “Written Description” Requirement
- 2163.07(a) Inherent Function, Theory, or Advantage
- 1412.01 Reissue Claims Must Be for Same General Invention
- 716.01(b) Nexus Requirement and Evidence of Nonobviousness
- 2145 Consideration of Applicant’s Rebuttal Arguments and Evidence
- 2181 Identifying and Interpreting a 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, Sixth Paragraph Limitation
- 2115 Material or Article Worked Upon by Apparatus
- 2143.01 Suggestion or Motivation To Modify the References
- 2138.03 “By Another Who Has Not Abandoned, Suppressed, or Concealed It”
- 2279 Appeal to Courts