Yita LLC v. MacNeil IP LLC

69 F.4th 13562023 USPQ2d 667Fed. Cir.

AI-generated holding

Objective evidence of nonobviousness requires a nexus to the claimed invention; nexus is lacking where the secondary-considerations evidence relates only to a feature that was known in the prior art.

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2 sections

§ 2145

Consideration of Applicant’s Rebuttal Arguments and Evidence

“nexus reversed where secondary-consideration evidence related only to a feature known in the prior art”

→§ 716.01(b)

Affidavits or Declarations Under 37 CFR 1.132 and Other Evidence Traversing Rejections

1 mention

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