The U.S. Patent Office has just published new examination guidelines for determining obviousness in light of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc. The published guidelines can be found here. Ramifications of this important decision were discussed in this earlier post. If you like this post, why not grab the…
Month: October 2007
A Technique To Assert The Patentable Weight Of A Claim Preamble
Generally, during the examination of an application, an Examiner attempts to rebut the novelty and non-obviousness of a claim by identifying, in the prior art, teachings or suggestions of each feature of that claim. Some claim features, however, may be ignored in this analysis. These features are said not to be entitled to any “patentable…