Authorities Cited: United States Patent and Trademark Office U.S. Patent No. 5,019,270 U.S. Patent No. 5,772,874 U.S. Patent No. 5,919,368 United States Code 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(1) 28 U.S.C. § 2106 35 U.S.C. § 102 35 U.S.C. § 103 35 U.S.C. § 282 Supreme Court 383 U.S. 1 520 U.S. 17, 40 535 U.S. 722, 731 Circuit Courts 378 F.2d 959, 962-963 494 F.2d 1399, 1402 575 F.2d 1152 599 F.2d 1026, 1031 681 F.2d 792, 794-796 722 F.2d 1542, 1548 727 F.2d 1524, 1529 767 F.2d 853, 857 775 F.2d 268, 277 775 F.2d 1107, 1118 821 F.2d 822, 832 923 F.2d 1576, 1578 927 F.2d 1565, 1577 953 F.2d 1360, 1373 976 F.2d 1559, 1577 5 F.3d 1557, 1563 52 F.3d 967, 970-971 65 F.3d 1577, 1581 66 F.3d 1211, 1217 96 F.3d 1409, 1413 138 F.3d 1448, 1456 152 F.3d 1342, 1357 181 F.3d 1291, 1301-1302 192 F.3d 1362, 1365 265 F.3d 1268, 1274 272 F.3d 63, 67 287 F.3d 1097, 1107-1108 295 F.3d 1292, 1296 312 F.3d 1, 2 321 F.3d 1098, 1107-1108 339 F.3d 43, 50 339 F.3d 1373, 1379 363 F.3d 1219, 1223 409 F.3d 1360, 1365 415 F.3d 1303, 1312-1323 432 F.3d 1368, 1375 438 F.3d 1123, 1136 441 F.3d 945, 950 442 F.3d 1301, 1310 457 F.3d 1279, 1282 472 F.3d 1338, 1346 476 F.3d 1321, 1327 476 F.3d 1359, 1364-1365 479 F.3d 1313, 1319 492 F.3d 50, 52 497 F.3d 1360, 1371-1377 505 F.3d 1371, 1378 519 F.3d 1366, 1374 527 F.3d 1359, 1365 537 F.3d 1357, 1365-1366 526 F. Supp. 2d 84, 88-1029