analogous art

Federal Circuit Defines Scope of Reasonably Pertinent Analogous Art

The Federal Circuit vacated a PTAB decision reversing the examiner’s obviousness rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103 of patent claims directed to “a fire prevention and suppression system that prevents and extinguishes fire using… Read More

Analogous Patent Prior Art from Different Field of Endeavor?

If you are trying to disqualify a prior art reference as non-analogous in either patent prosecution or litigation, here is a case to remind you of limitations of such arguments. In Smartdoor Holdings, Inc. v. Edmit Industries, Inc… Read More

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