Module 17 2024

Non-Obviousness Example • Claim at issue was directed to a polyaxial screw for spinal implants that also included: – “a compression member for exerting a force onto said head such that said head is pressed against the hollow conically- shaped portion”

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Non-Obviousness Example

• The accused infringer’s obviousness argument was based on the combination of the Puno and Anderson references:

Anderson reference

Puno reference

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