An analysis of US Federal Circuit decisions shows the effects of the Supreme Court's decision in KSR v. Teleflex.
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Ruiz v. A.B. Chance Co. 234 F.3d 654 (Fed. Cir. 2000).
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In re Dembiczak 175 F3.d 994 (Fed. Cir. 1999).
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Acknowledgements
This study was supported by the National Science Council, Taiwan, Republic of China (grant no. NSC 96-2414-H-075-001), Taipei Veterans General Hospital project (V98C1-190) and Committee on Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy (CCMP97-RD-117). The author would also like thank I.T. Huang, for summarizing the CAFC ruling and H.C. Lee for the statistical analysis.
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Shyh-Jen Wang is in the Division of Experimental Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
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