KSR INTERNATIONAL CO. v. TELEFLEX INC.
Held: The Federal Circuit addressed the obviousness question in a narrow, rigid manner that is inconsistent with §103 and this Court’s precedents. KSR provided convincing evidence that mounting anavailable sensor on a fixed pivot point of the Asano pedal was a design step well within the grasp of a person of ordinary skill in therelevant art and that the benefit of doing so would be obvious. Its arguments, and the record, demonstrate that the Engelgau patent’s claim 4 is obvious.
