From the program: Prior Art, Obviousness, and the America Invents Act in 2013
Released on: Aug. 5, 2013
Patent reform has arrived: what will be its impact on those touchstones of patentability, prior art and obviousness? 102 was already a complicated concept for patent practitioners, having undergone evolving interpretations in the PTO and CAFC. How will the AIA now complicate matters further? What aspects of current 102 understanding carry over to new 102? How does the concept of “prior art” and circumstance collide in the 21st ...