Intellectual Property
Aug. 21, 1999
Aesthetic Appeal
Aesthetic Appeal Ornamentation Can Make Obvious Inventions Nonobvious By Charles R. Sutton One patent battleground is the required element of nonobviousness. The test is whether the invention, taken as a whole, would have been obvious at the time the invention was made to a person of ordinary skill in the art to which the subject matter pertains. See 35 U.S.C. Section 103; Graham v. John Deere Co. , 383 U.S. 1 (1965).
By Charles R. Sutton
One patent battleground is the required element of nonobviousness. The test is whether the invention, taken as a whole, would have been obvious at the time the invention was made to a person of ordinary skill in the art to which the subject matter pertains. See 35 U.S.C. Section 103; Graham v. John...
One patent battleground is the required element of nonobviousness. The test is whether the invention, taken as a whole, would have been obvious at the time the invention was made to a person of ordinary skill in the art to which the subject matter pertains. See 35 U.S.C. Section 103; Graham v. John...
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