Rob Sterne is the editor-in-chief of the Patent Office Litigation, and in this video he explains the concept of obviousness in patents and how it has transformed since the contested proceedings on September 16, 2012.
Sterne's predictions that the new proceedings will focus more so on seconding guessing the original patent examiner instead of questioning the actual obviousness of the patented invention. He believes that the process of defending the patent-ability of ones invention will become increasingly difficult for the inventor due to the very short time period the proceedings will now take.
Proceedings must be completed within 12 months!
Agreeably, the process for defending the non-obviousness of ones patent should be limited to a time frame; however, this can be very difficult to handle due to the often exacerbated timelines given via the court and attorneys.
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