Doss v. Lewis-Gale Hospital, Inc.

Doss v. Lewis-Gale Hosp., Inc., 409 U.S. 1023 (1972)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: November 20, 1972
Docket: No. 72-430
Citations: 409 U.S. 102393 S. Ct. 46234 L. Ed. 2d 3151972 U.S. LEXIS 551

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Cir. Ct. Roanoke, Va. Certiorari denied.

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(a pre Sakraida case asserting that the standard of obviousness is tied “to a worker of ordinary skill in the art” rather than the “ordinary observer” in a design patent case)

Sims v. Mack Truck Corp., 608 F.2d 87 (3d Cir. 1979)

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