Biotech Values

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exwannabe - Example cases for obviousness

http://www.patentdocs.org/2010/09/uspto-updates-obviousness-examination-guidelines.html


Why inequitable conduct is there?
http://www.patentdocs.org/2008/05/among-the-many.html

A patent by its very nature is affected by a public interest. As recognized by the Constitution, it is a special privilege designed to serve the public purpose of promoting the "Progress of Science and useful Arts." At the same time, a patent is an exception to the general rule against monopolies and to the right to access a free and open market. The far-reaching social and economic consequences of a patent, therefore, give the public a paramount interest in seeing that patent monopolies spring from backgrounds free from fraud or other inequitable conduct and that such monopolies are kept within their legitimate scope.