450a)A Study on the Patent Law Standard of Non-obviousness: Appendix to A Study on the Patent Law Standard of Non-Obviousness: Appendix

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Appendix to a Study on the Patent Law Standard of Non-Obviousness

1. CANADIAN INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY OFFICE

1.1 Mechanical

• 1.1.1 Claims Accepted
• 1.1.1.1 Solution to a Problem not Posed in the Prior Art
• 1.1.1.2 Advantages from the Claimed Combination
• 1.1.1.3 Commercial Success/Long Felt Want
• 1.1.1.4 Substitution Involving Inventive Ingenuity
• 1.1.1.5 Surprising Results
• 1.1.2 Claims Rejected
• 1.1.2.1 Workshop Improvement
• 1.1.2.2 New Use of an Old Process/Analogous Use, Where There is No Novelty or Invention in the Adaptation of the Old Process
• 1.1.2.3 Substitution in an Obvious Manner
• 1.1.2.4 Combination Does Not Provide a Result; Mere Aggregation

1.2 Chemical

• 1.2.1 Claims Accepted
• 1.2.1.1 Advantages From the Claimed Combination
• 1.2.1.2 Commercial Success/Long Felt Want
• 1.2.1.3 Surprising Results
• 1.2.2 Claims Rejected
• 1.2.2.1 Workshop Improvement
• 1.2.2.2 Substitution in an Obvious Manner
• 1.2.2.3 Combination Does Not Provide a Result; Mere Aggregation

1.3 Biological

1.4Electrical

• 1.4.1 Claims Accepted
• 1.4.1.1 Solution to a Problem Not Posed in the Prior Art
• 1.4.1.2 Advantages of Claimed Combination/Improvement
• 1.4.1.3 Commercial Success
• 1.4.1.4 Substitution Involved Inventive Ingenuity
• 1.4.2 Claims Rejected
• 1.4.2.1 Workshop Improvement
• 1.4.2.2 New Use of an Old Process/Analogous Use, Where There is No Invention in the Adaptation of the Old Process
• 1.4.2.3 Substitution in an Obvious Manner

2. CANADIAN COURT

2.1 Mechanical

• 2.1.1 Validated Mechanical Patents
• 2.1.1.1 Solution to a Problem Not Posed in the Prior Art
• 2.1.1.2 Advantages from the Claimed Combination
• 2.1.1.3 Commercial Success/Long Felt Want
• 2.1.1.4 Substitution Involving Inventive Ingenuity
• 2.1.1.5 Surprising Results
• 2.1.2 Invalidated Mechanical Patents
• 2.1.2.1 Workshop Improvement
• 2.1.2.2 New Use of an Old Process/Analogous Use, Where There is No Novelty or Invention in the Adaptation of the Old Process
• 2.1.2.3 Commercial Success Does Not Always Show Invention
• 2.1.2.4 Combination Does Not Provide a Result; Mere Aggregation

2.2 Chemical

• 2.2.1 Validated Chemical Patents
• 2.2.1.1 Advantages from the Claimed Combination
• 2.2.1.2 Commercial Success/Long Felt Want
• 2.2.1.3 Surprising Results
• 2.2.2 Invalidated Chemical Patents
• 2.2.2.1 New Use of an Old Process/Analogous Use, Where There is No Novelty or Invention in the Adaptation of the Old Process

2.3 Biological

• 2.3.1 Validated Biological Patents
• 2.3.1.1 Substitution Involving Inventive Ingenuity

2.4 Electrical

• 2.4.1 Validated Electrical Patents
• 2.4.1.1 Advantages from the Claimed Combination
• 2.4.1.2 Solution to a Problem Not Posed in the Prior Art
• 2.4.1.3 Commercial Success/Long Felt Want
• 2.4.2 Invalidated Electrical Patents
• 2.4.2.1 Workshop Improvement
• 2.4.2.2 New Use of an Old Process/Analogous Use, Where There is No Novelty or Invention in the Adaptation of the Old Process