Headquartered within steps of the USPTO with an affiliate office in Tokyo, Oblon is one of the largest law firms in the United States focused exclusively on intellectual property law.
1968
Norman Oblon with Stanley Fisher and Marvin Spivak launched what was to become Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, LLP, one of the nation's leading full-service intellectual property law firms.
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In inter partes reexamination 95/000,034,Vanguard Identification Systems Inc., v Bank of America Corporation, the BPAI reversed the examiners obviousness rejection, emphasizing the difference between a proper obviousness determination for design and utility patents. An obviousness determination for a utility patent must consider the perspective of one of ordinary skill in the art to which the invention pertains. For design patents, obviousness is based on the perspective of designer of ordinary skill who designs articles of the type involved. As this case demonstrates, failing to appreciate the distinction can lead to dire consequences for third party requesters.
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