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Nonobviousness And The Federal Circuit: An Empirical Analysis Of Recent Case Law, Christopher A. Cotropia

Law Faculty Publications

This Article provides such an empirical study. The study examines all Federal Circuit cases over a four-year period considering the nonobviousness of a patent claim. Appeals from both patent infringement cases before district courts and pending patent applications and interferences before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) are investigated. The study looks at the data in two levels of detail.