United States Federal Circuit

In a challenge to a decision by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences during reexamination of a patent for a treadmill, determination that the claims were unpatentable because of obviousness is affirmed where: 1) substantial evidence supported a finding that an earlier patent provided analogous art; and 2) one skilled in the art would naturally look to earlier patents and find reason to combine them.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/01/2007
• Published 08/01/2007

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• United States Federal Circuit

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