Focus (Forum & Focus)
May 15, 2008
A Compound Problem
A Federal Circuit decision is casting a new hue on obviousness analysis for chemical compounds, writes Pauline Farmer-Koppenol. - Focus Column
By Pauline Farmer-Koppenol
This article appears on Page 7
Since KSR Int'l Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 127 S. Ct. 1727 (U.S. 2007), the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has rendered several decisions where the obviousness of a chemical compound was at issue. Patents for chemical compounds are at the core of patent protection for small-molecule drugs and therefore the impact of KSR on obviousness ...
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