Skip to main content
· 5/7/2012

OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. v. Sandoz, Inc.

Citations

  • 678 F.3d 1280
  • 102 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1729
  • 2012 WL 1571414
  • 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 9248

How courts have described this case

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

  • declining to consider evidence of secondary considerations of non-obvio.usness . after the .court, concluded that the prior art would not have provided one of, ordinary skill with a reason or motivation to make the claimed invention
  • “The inventor's own path itself never leads to a conclusion of obviousness; that is hindsight. What matters is the path that the person of ordinary skill in the art would have followed, as evidenced by the pertinent prior art.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Lourie, Moore, Reyna

Read full opinion on CourtListener

Sourced from CourtListener / Free Law Project (CC0).

This is legal information, not legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. Always verify current law with official sources and consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for advice on your specific situation.