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Attorneys can tailor obviousness arguments to the EPO’s problem-solution approach and to individual examiners at the USPTO, say sources The USPTO and EPO are two of the most important patent offices ...

“The CD did not set out any alternative methodology for assessing inventive step, but it explicitly disapproved of the ‘closest prior art’ approach and thereby implicitly rejected the ...

Lawyers at Lavoix provide an overview of the UPC’s approach to inventive step and whether the forum is promoting its own approach rather than following the EPO In patent litigation in Europe, validity ...