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Federal Circuit: No “Teaching Away” Without Discouragement

The University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (“Maryland”), owner of U.S. Patent No. 6,673,532 B2 (“the ‘532 patent”), recently lost the ‘532 patent when the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circ… Read More

Obviousness Upheld with Secondary Reference Unrelated to Field of Technology

When can prior art references be combined to invalidate patent claims as obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103?  Here is one case providing a lesson on this question.  In Nidec Motor Corporation v. Zhongshan Broad Ocean Motor Co. Ltd.,… Read More

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