Authorities Cited: United States Patent and Trademark Office U.S. Patent No. 4,940,835 United States Code 35 U.S.C. § 112 35 U.S.C. § 271(a) Code of Federal Regulations 37 C.F.R. § 1.75 Supreme Court 470 U.S. 564, 573 477 U.S. 242, 255 477 U.S. 317, 322 517 U.S. 370 535 U.S. 1109 Circuit Courts 427 F.2d 833, 839 750 F.2d 1569, 1573 793 F.2d 1261, 1268 822 F.2d 1074, 1077 858 F.2d 731, 736-737 870 F.2d 1546, 1552 947 F.2d 488, 490-495 999 F.2d 1557, 1561 6 F.3d 770, 774 11 F.3d 1046, 1052 14 F.3d 1570, 1574 52 F.3d 967, 976 138 F.3d 1448, 1451 152 F.3d 1342, 1353 157 F.3d 887, 896 160 F.3d 1350, 1353 205 F.3d 1377, 1382-1383 208 F.3d 2006 252 F.3d 1306, 1318 315 F.3d 1335, 1338 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c) 431 F. Supp. 2d 482, 485-490