...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...nonobviousness of the subject matter is determined. Such secondary considerations as commercial success, long felt but unsolved needs, failure of others,...

...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...skill in the pertinent art resolved. Against this bacgkround, the obviousness or nonobviousness of the subject matter is determined. The ALJ found the...

...strictures. • • * the | 103 condition * * * lends Itself to several basic factual inquiries. Under § 103, the scope and content of the prior art are to...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...

...to be followed in determining whether the section 103 condition has been met was outlined 'Under § 103, the scope and content of the prior art are to...nonobviousness of the subject matter is determined. 383 US at 17.' " 4. SAME — COMBINING REFERENCES — OBVIOUSNESS. "The obviousness question here revolves...

...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...of ordinary skill in the pertinent art resolved." Ibid. We admonished that "strict observance" of those requirements is necessary. Id., at 18. We conclude...

...Supreme Court of the United States set forth a general approach to determining obviousness: . . . under §103, the scope and content of the prior art are...nonobviousness of the subject matter is determined. Such secondary considerations as commercial success, long felt but unsolved needs, failure of others,...

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...by the courts thus: The §103 condition. . .lends itself to several basic factual inquiries. Under §103, the scope and content of the prior art are to be determined; the difference between the prior art and the claims at issue are to be ascertained; and the level of...