Drilling down into the power of objective evidence

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Abstract: When an invention is obvious on its face, one might think it can never be patented. But this article looks at a case in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit offered a reminder that objective evidence to the contrary can overcome an invention’s ostensible obviousness and make the invention patentable. It discusses seven types of objective evidence of nonobviousness. Deepwater Drilling, Inc. v. Maersk Contractors USA, Inc., No. 2011-1555, Nov. 15, 2012 (Fed. Cir.)