1. By Iain C. Baillie, John Richards and Janet Cord. Iain C. Baillie is London Partner and John Richards and Janet Cord are New York Partners in the respective offices of Ladas & Parry, International Lawyers; all are registered U.S. Patent Attorneys and members of the New York Bar. John Richards and Iain Baillie are also U.K. Chartered Patent Attorneys and Partners in Langner Parry, Chartered Patent Agents.

2. 18 USPQ2d 1016 (Fed. Cir. 1991).

3. 25 USPQ2d 1601 (Fed. Cir. 1993).

4. 31 USPQ2d 1463 (N.D. Cal. 1994).

5. 29 USPQ2d 2032 (S.D. Cal. 1994).

6. 35 USC 101.

7. 148 USPQ 689 (Sup. Ct. 1966).

8. 206 USPQ 881 (CCPA 1980).

9. 27 USPQ2d 1360 (Bd. of Appeals 1993).

10. 23 USPQ2d 1334 (Bd. of Appeals 1992).

11. 3 USPQ2d 1059 (Bd. of Appeals).

12. 140 USPQ 665 (CCPA 1964).

13. 25 USPQ2d 1601 (Fed. Cir. 1993).

14. 30 USPQ2d 1481 (Bd. of Appeals 1993).

15. 27 USPQ2d 1510 (Fed. Cir. 1993).

16. 18 USPQ2D 1016 (Fed. Cir. 1991). See note 2.

17. 29 USPQ2d 2010 (Fed. Cir. 1993).

18. 230 USPQ 546 (Bd. of Appeals 1986).

19. 20 USPQ2d 1438 (Fed. Cir. 1991).

20. 27 USPQ2d 1662 (Bd. of Appeals 1992).

21. 24 USPQ2d 1621 (Bd. of Appeals 1992).

22. 34 USPQ2d 1436 (Fed. Cir. 1995).

23. 231 USPQ 81 (Fed. Cir. 1986).

24. 7 USPQ2d 1673 (Fed. Cir. 1988).

25. 16 USPQ2d 1897 (1990).

26. 26 USPQ2d 1529 (Fed. Cir. 1993).

27. 18 USPQ2d 1322 (Bd. of Appeals 1990).

28. 31 USPQ2d 1027 (Bd. of Appeals 1993).

29. 33 USPQ2d 1445 (Bd. of Appeals 1994).

30. 29 USPQ2d 1550 (Fed. Cir. 1993).

31. 34 USPQ2d 1210 (Fed. Cir. 1995).

32. 60 FR 97.