Person(s) Skilled in the Art: Should the Now Established Model of Team-Based Inventing Impact the Obviousness Analysis?

By Dennis Crouch A claimed invention is unpatentable if, at the time the invention was made, the invention as a whole would have been obvious “to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains.” 35 U.S.C. ยง 103(a) (emphasis added). When applying this subsection, courts have generally followed the … Continue reading Person(s) Skilled in the Art: Should the Now Established Model of Team-Based Inventing Impact the Obviousness Analysis?