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35 U.S.C. 103
Patent Obviousness and Reasonable Expectation of Success
The Federal Circuit has (mostly) sustained the PTAB’s findings that claims of US Patent No. 7,433,483 are obvious over prior art, explaining that obviousness under 35 USC § 103 required, in essence, a showing that the proposed combination of references would result in an improvement, even if not the best possible improvement. Slot Speaker Technologies, Inc. v. Apple Inc., Nos....