SURPREME COURT TO REVIEW THE STANDARD FOR OBVIOUSNESS
(Petition for write of certiorari on 26 June 2006)
(Scheduled for oral argument on Thursday, 28 November 2006)
KSR INTERNATIONAL CO. V. TELEFLEX, INC., ET AL.
KSR INTERNATIONAL CO. V. TELEFLEX, INC., ET AL.
U.S. Supreme Court Docket No. 04-1350
The motion of Progress & Freedom Foundation for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is granted. The motion of Twenty-Four Intellectual Property Law Professors for leave to file a brief as amici curiae is granted. The motion of Cisco Systems Inc., et al. for leave to file a brief as amici curiae is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted.
QUESTION PRESENTED
04-1350 KSR INTERNATIONAL CO. V. TELEFLEX INC., ET AL.
LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 04-1152
DECISION BELOW: Unreported
Whether the Federal Circuit has erred in holding that a claimed invention cannot be held "obvious", and thus unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a), in the absence of some proven "'teaching, suggestion, or motivation' that would have led a person of ordinary skill in the art to combine the relevant prior art teachings in the manner claimed." Cert. Granted 6/26/06
