Ex Parte WIER

In re Rouffet
149 F.3d 1350 (Fed. Cir. 1998) Cited 160 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that objective evidence of nonobviousness [secondary considerations] "includes copying, long felt but unsolved need, failure of others, commercial success, unexpected results created by the claimed invention, unexpected properties of the claimed invention, licenses showing industry respect for the invention, and skepticism of skilled artisans before the invention"
In re Gordon
733 F.2d 900 (Fed. Cir. 1984) Cited 31 times 2 Legal Analyses
Finding that a modification which renders the invention inoperable for its intended purpose is not obvious because it teaches away from the invention