Obviousness and the notional addressee team

Ken Bolton

World Patent Information, 2003, vol. 25, issue 2, 151-154

Abstract: This article reviews aspects of the determination of inventive step, stemming from a decision in the Australian Federal Court on a patent relating to connector modules for insulated telecommunications cables. Points explored include the extent and nature of the notional skilled addressee, where that addressee is a team of experts, each with their own common general knowledge, and the admissibility of expert evidence and the weight that may be given to it once admitted.

Keywords: Obviousness; Australian; Federal; Court; decision; Common; general; knowledge; Notional; addressee; team; Expert; evidence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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