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USPTO’s KSR Memo on Section 103 Rejections.

Posted in Practice Commentary by Jake Ward on May 4, 2007

As reported at a number of sources, Margaret Focarino, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations, has issued the following memo to the Technology Center Directors regarding the KSR opinion and the effect of the opinion on USPTO obviousness rejections:  KSR Memo

If you’re a practitioner, worth a quick read.  The most important section being below, in our opinion.

 KSR Memo

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