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· 11/12/1996

In Re Ben Huang

Citations

  • 100 F.3d 135
  • 40 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1685
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 29467

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “Once a prima facie case of obviousness has been established, the burden shifts to the applicant to come forward with evidence of nonobviousness to overcome the prima facie case.”
  • evidence of commercial success “is relevant in the obviousness context only if there is proof that the sales were a direct result of the unique characteristics of the claimed invention”

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Judges: Newman, Plager, Clevenger

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