Authorities Cited: United States Patent and Trademark Office U.S. Patent No. 3,466,241 U.S. Patent No. 3,641,235 U.S. Patent No. 4,094,647 U.S. Patent No. 5,073,484 United States Code 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(4) 35 U.S.C. § 2(b)(2)(A) 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) 35 U.S.C. § 103 35 U.S.C. § 282 35 U.S.C. § 302 35 U.S.C. § 303 35 U.S.C. § 303(a) 35 U.S.C. § 305 Supreme Court 325 U.S. 410, 414 333 U.S. 103, 113-114 469 U.S. 70, 76 494 U.S. 152, 158 514 U.S. 211, 219 533 U.S. 167, 172 536 U.S. 545, 555 544 U.S. 40, 1288-1289 Circuit Courts 713 F.2d 705, 710 740 F.2d 1569, 1571 756 F.2d 852, 856 758 F.2d 594, 604 761 F.2d 671, 674 849 F.2d 1422, 1425-1429 885 F.2d 848, 850 5 F.3d 1557, 1569-1570 83 F.3d 1394, 1396-1397 110 F.3d 786 157 F.3d 879, 882 203 F.3d 1305, 1316 334 F.3d 1343 366 F.3d 1325, 1330 367 F.3d 1359, 1363 498 F.3d 1290, 1296-1298