Authorities Cited: United States Patent and Trademark Office U.S. Patent No. 6,763,226 United States Code 15 U.S.C. § 1 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(1) 35 U.S.C. § 271 35 U.S.C. § 284 Supreme Court 339 U.S. 605, 610 355 U.S. 41, 47 355 U.S. 47 404 U.S. 519, 520 449 U.S. 5 516 U.S. 370 Circuit Courts 602 F.2d 993, 995 636 F.2d 986, 988 728 F.2d 759, 761 758 F.2d 1254, 1259 917 F.2d 336, 340 41 F.3d 223, 226 83 F.3d 1197, 1202 90 F.3d 1558 110 F.3d 780, 784 197 F.3d 318, 320 202 F.3d 593, 597 203 F.3d 790 224 F.3d 1296, 1306 278 F.3d 472, 477 296 F.3d 376, 378 336 F.3d 375, 379 360 F.3d 1295, 1302 422 F.3d 1353, 1363 425 F.3d 99, 106 451 F.3d 295 467 F.3d 1355, 1365-1366 479 F.3d 1320, 1329 490 F.3d 143 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 8 Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a) Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a)(2) Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(f) Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) Fed. R. Civ. P. 84