...conditions, each of which must be satisfied, lends itself to several basic factual inquiries. Under § 103, the scope and content of the prior art are to be determined;...resolved. Against this background, the obviousness or nonobviousness of the subject matter is determined. Such secondary considerations as commercial success,...

...obviousness set forth in Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 US 1, 17, 148 USPQ 459, 467 (1966): Under § 103 the scope and content of the prior art are to be determined;...skill in the pertinent art resolved. Against this bacgkround, the obviousness or nonobviousness of the subject matter is determined. The ALJ found the...

...• • * the | 103 condition * * * lends Itself to several basic factual inquiries. Under § 103, the scope and content of the prior art are to be determined;,...ordinary skill In the pertinent art resolved. Against thisbackground, the obviousness of the subject matter is determined. [Emphasis added.] Graham v. John...

...conditions, each of which must be satisfied, lends itself to several basic factual inquiries. Under § 103, the scope and content of the prior art are to be determined ; differences between th« prior art and the claims at issue are to be ascertaind ; and the level of ordinary skill in the...

...section "lends itself to several basic factual inquiries," enumerated by the Supreme Court: Under § 103, the scope and content of the prior art are to be determined...resolved. Against this background, the obviousness or nonobviousness of the subject matter is determined. Id. at 17. It seems rather elementary to us that...

...prerequisite to patentability." Id., at 17. Obviousness, as an issue, is resolved as follows: "Under § 103, the scope and content of the prior art are to be determined;...of ordinary skill in the pertinent art resolved." Ibid. We admonished that "strict observance" of those requirements is necessary. Id., at 18. We conclude...

...$103, it is, as in previous precedents, an objective standard of invention that is used. Under 5 103, the scope and content of the prior art are to be determined...resolved. Against this background, the obviousness or nonobviousness of the subject matter Is determined. (Id. at 17). Changing } 103, as proposed in S....

...test of non-obviousness is not without its own difficulties. The Court said in Deere: "Under § 103, the scope and content of the prior art are to be determined;...of ordinary skill in the pertinent art resolved." 1ss Although the resolution of these factual issues is often difficult, the issues themselves are reasonably...

...Court of the United States set forth a general approach to determining obviousness: . . . under §103, the scope and content of the prior art are to be determined;...resolved. Against this background, the obviousness or nonobviousness of the subject matter is determined. Such secondary considerations as commercial success,...

...as follows: The S 103 condition . . . lends itself to several basic factual inquiries. Under S 103, the scope and content of the prior art are to be determined; the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue are to be ascertained; and the level...