J.P. Stevens & Co., Inc. v. Lex Tex Ltd., Inc.

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• stating that 35 U.S.C. section 282 paragraph 1 incorporates equitable defenses
• reasonable rejection of claims in reliance on a reference during reissue proceeding established materiality of that reference
• reasonable rejection of claims in reliance on a reference during reissue proceeding established materiality of that reference
• \Conduct before the PTO that may render a patent unenforceable is broader than 'common law fraud.'\ (Citation omitted.)
• \[A]t the time the Patent Act was enacted Supreme Court cases had treated inequitable conduct as an 'unclean hands' type defense.\
• intent or gross negligence required for inequitable conduct

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