Fox Factory, Inc. v. SRAM, LLC

944 F.3d 13662019 USPQ2d 483355Fed. Cir.

AI-generated holding

For objective evidence of nonobviousness to receive substantial weight there must be a nexus—a legally and factually sufficient connection between the evidence and the claimed invention; nexus is presumed only when the product tied to the evidence embodies the claimed invention and is coextensive with it.

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2 sections

§ 2145

Consideration of Applicant’s Rebuttal Arguments and Evidence

“nexus is a legally and factually sufficient connection between evidence and the claimed invention”

→§ 716.01(b)

Affidavits or Declarations Under 37 CFR 1.132 and Other Evidence Traversing Rejections

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