Part I. Treatise on the Law of Patentability, Validity and Infringement
Glossary of Patent Terms
Overview: Historical Development of Patent Law
Chapter 1 Eligible Subject Matter
Chapter 2 Originality
Chapter 3 Novelty
Chapter 4 Utility
Chapter 5 Nonobviousness
Chapter 6 Statutory Bars
Chapter 7 Adequate Disclosure
Chapter 8 Claims
Chapter 9 Double Patenting
Chapter 10 Priority
Chapter 11 Patent and Trademark Office Procedures
Chapter 12 Restriction
Chapter 13 Continuation Applications
Chapter 14 Priority by Foreign Filing
Chapter 15 Reissue
Chapter 16 Direct Infringement
Chapter 17 Contributory Infringement
Chapter 18 Interpretation and Application of Claims -- Doctrine of Equivalents -- Prosecution History Estoppel
Chapter 19 Defenses
Chapter 20 Remedies
Chapter 21 Jurisdiction and Procedure in Patent Litigation
Chapter 22 Ownership and Transfer
Chapter 23 Design Patents
Chapter 24 Plant Protection
Index
Part II. Appendices and Bibliography
Appendix 1 The Patent-Copyright Clause, United States Constitution, Article 1, Section 8
Appendix 2 The Patent Act, Title 35 United States Code
Appendix 2A The Plant Variety Protection Act
Appendix 3 International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (The Paris Convention)
Appendix 4 The Patent Cooperation Treaty (1986)
Appendix 5 Regulations Under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (in force 1986, amended 1994)
Appendix 6 [Reserved]
Appendix 7 Patent and Trademark Office, Rule of Practice in Patent Cases
Appendix 8 English Statute of Monopolies of 1623, 21 Jac. 1, c.3--The Original Source of the Anglo-American Patent Law
Appendix 9 Patent Act of 1790, Ch. 7, 1 Stat. 109-112 (April 10, 1790)--The First United States Patent Statute
Appendix 10 Patent Act of 1793, Ch. 11, 1 Stat. 318-323 (February 21, 1793)
Appendix 11 Patent Act of 1836, Ch. 37, 5 Stat. 117-125 (July 4, 1836)--The Act Creating the Patent Office
Appendix 12 Senate Report Accompanying Senate Bill No. 239, 24th Cong., 1st Sess. (April 28, 1836)
Appendix 13 Patent Act of 1839, Ch. 88, 5 Stat. 353-355 (March 3, 1839)
Appendix 14 Patent Act of 1870, Ch. 230, 16 Stat. 198-217 (July 8, 1870)
Appendix 15 Patent Act of 1897, Ch. 391, 29 Stat. 692-694 (March 3, 1897)
Appendix 16 Patent Act of 1903, Ch. 1019, 32 Stat. 1225-1227 (March 3, 1903)
Appendix 17 Patent Act of 1928, Ch. 730, 45 Stat. 732 (May 24, 1928)
Appendix 18 Patent Act of 1939, Ch. 450, 53 Stat. 1212 (August 5, 1939)
Appendix 19 Senate Report N. 1979, 82nd Cong., 2d Sess. (1952) With Revisor's Notes on Patent Act of 1952
Appendix 20 House Report No. 96-1307, 96th Cong., 2d Sess. (1980)
Appendix 21 House and Senate Reports on the Creation of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Appendix 22 Legislative History of the Patent Law Amendments Act of 1984
Appendix 23 Discussion Accompanying Adoption of New Interference Rules
Appendix 24 United States Patent and Trademark Office, Policy Statement on Patentability of Animals
Appendix 25 Legislative History of the Process Patent Amendments Act of 1988
Appendix 26 Patent Misuse Reform
Appendix 27 Duty of Disclosure: Final Rules
Bibliography
Part III. Federal Circuit Guide
A. Topical Outline with Abstracts
1000 Patentability
2000 Specification and Claims -- 35 U.S.C. Section 112
3000 Prosecution -- Procedures in the Patent and Trademark Office
4000 Inequitable Conduct
5000 Infringement
6000 Remedies
7000 Collateral Estoppel -- Law of the Case
8000 Jurisdiction and Review
9000 Ownership and Transfer of Patent Rights
B. [Reserved]
C. Cross Reference Table
D. Case Table With Full Case Citations
E. Chronological Case Table