Results for obviousness – relevant prior art

SCIENTIFIC PLASTIC PRODUCTS, INC., v. BIOTAGE AB

Case Number: CLB0335

Date: 09.10.2014

Criteria for determining whether prior art is analogous may be summarized as “(1) whether the art is from the same field of endeavor, regardless of the problem addressed, and (2) if the reference is not within the field of the inventor’s endeavor, whether the reference still is reasonably pertinent to the particular problem with which the inventor is involved.”

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In re Klein

Case Number: CLB0336

Date: 06.06.2011

A prior art reference is considered analogous if it is either (1) in the same field of endeavor as the invention, or (2) reasonably pertinent to the problem with which the inventor is involved.

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