USPTO Adapts to CAFC’s New Guidelines: What Design Patent Examiners Need to Know
Patently-O
MAY 24, 2024
by Dennis Crouch On May 22, 2024, the day after the Federal Circuit’s en banc LKQ v. GM decision, the USPTO issued a memorandum to its examiners providing updated guidance and examination instructions in light of the court’s overturning of the long-standing Rosen-Durling test for determining obviousness of design patents.
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