Obviousness Responses - Secondary Considerations. EP049
- Author
- Adam L. Diament, J.D., Ph.D.: Registered Patent Attorney
- Published
- Sun 11 Nov 2018
- Episode Link
- https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/patentingforinventors/Ep49ObviousinessSecondaryConsiderations.mp3
In this episode I go through how to respond to obviousness rejections by using secondary considerations. Secondary considerations for non-obviousness include reasons for patentability, including: commercial success, long felt but unsolved need, failure of others, skepticism by experts, praise by others, teaching away, copying by others, synergistic effects, inoperative combination, and lack of suggestion.
