Authorities Cited: United States Code 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(1) 35 U.S.C. § 102(g) 35 U.S.C. § 102(g)(2) 35 U.S.C. § 271(f) 35 U.S.C. § 271(f)(1) 35 U.S.C. § 282 Supreme Court 305 U.S. 197, 229 383 U.S. 1, 17 512 U.S. 573, 585 517 U.S. 370 546 U.S. 394, 404 Circuit Courts 725 F.2d 1350, 1359-1360 739 F.2d 604, 615 837 F.2d 1044, 1050 52 F.3d 967 79 F.3d 1572, 1577 118 F.3d 268, 273 138 F.3d 1448, 1456 154 F.3d 1321, 1327 179 F.3d 169, 173 183 F.3d 1342, 1345 207 F.3d 269, 272 225 F.3d 1306, 1311 241 F.3d 439, 445 261 F.3d 1356, 1362 265 F.3d 1336, 1343 287 F.3d 1062, 1070 299 F.3d 1313, 1323-1328 304 F.3d 1256, 1267 317 F.3d 1387, 1391 324 F.3d 1346, 1352 334 F.3d 1314, 1334 344 F.3d 1337, 1339 376 F.3d 1352, 1362 381 F.3d 1142, 1149 384 F.3d 1333, 1340 415 F.3d 1303, 1312 417 F.3d 1241, 1248 439 F.3d 1312 465 F.3d 1351, 1357 483 F.3d 800, 804 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 50(a)(1) Fed. R. Civ. P. 50(b)