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· 11/20/1990

The Gillette Company v. S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.

Citations

  • 919 F.2d 720
  • 16 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1923
  • 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 20138
  • 1990 WL 181238

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  • obviousness does not require “absolute predictability of success,” but only a “reasonable expectation of success”
  • “[The infringer’s] skepticism is relevant and persuasive evidence of the nonob-viousness of [the] invention.”

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Judges: Rich, Newman, Clevenger

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