Looking at Patent Law: Patenting a Trivalent Chromium Plating Invention: Obviousness Rejections – Not So Obvious
Author(s) -
E. J. Taylor,
Maria Inman
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the electrochemical society interface
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.568
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1944-8783
pISSN - 1064-8208
DOI - 10.1149/2.f04203if
Subject(s) - plating (geology) , focus (optics) , sustainability , patent law , engineering , materials science , chemistry , political science , intellectual property , law , physics , ecology , geophysics , optics , biology
In this installment of the “Looking at Patent Law” articles, we discuss obviousness rejections in view of a case study of a trivalent chromium plating invention. We have chosen this invention to align with the sustainability focus of this issue of Interface . The article begins with a brief review of obviousness followed by a brief description of the trivalent plating invention. The article concludes with a case study of the inventions/patent applications related to the trivalent plating process with a focus on the obviousness rejections.
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