> The nonobviousness requirement has become toothless in recent years; the Federal Circuit has reduced it to a requirement that no prior art exist explicitly me

> The nonobviousness requirement has become toothless in recent years; the Federal Circuit has reduced it to a requirement that no prior art exist explicitly mentioning the invention. If that's true, then the Fed Circuit has judicislated the nonobviousness requirement out of existence, if it adds nothing to the novelty requirement.