Everything Old Is New Again: Obviousness Limitations on Patenting Computer Updates of Old Designs
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I. THE PROBLEM IN BRIEF: WHAT MAKES A COMPUTER UPDATE NONOBVIOUS AND PATENTABLE?......................................................................... A. Distinctive Features of Nonobvious Computer Updates ................... 1. Likelihood of Routine Development Determines Obviousness................................................................................. 2. Extensive Design Differences are Not Required ......................... 3. Differing Functional Results are Not Required ........................... B. Indicators of Invention Obviousness ................................................. 1. Assembling the Prior Art............................................................. 2. Ex Post Speculations About Hypothetical Discoveries: The Difficulty of Reconstructing Design Processes that Never Occurred ........................................................................... 3. Specific Indicators of Likely Rediscovery and Obviousness................................................................................. a. Information Leading Practitioners to the Design.................. b. Evidence of Predictable Success or Easy Confirmation of Success........................................................ c. Evidence of Multiple Contemporaneous Discoveries............ C. Obviousness Evaluations of Computer Updates................................ II. OBVIOUSNESS EVALUATIONS OF COMPUTER UPDATES .................................. A. Computer Update Features Shaping Obviousness Evaluations ........ 1. Updates Meld Computer and Application Domain Technologies ............................................................................... 2. Types of Updated Components ...................................................
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تاریخ انتشار 2003