USPTO has broadened "obvious" recently, partly because of a court ruling that held "A person of ordinary skill is also a person of ordinary creativity, not an a

USPTO has broadened "obvious" recently, partly because of a court ruling that held "A person of ordinary skill is also a person of ordinary creativity, not an automaton" (meaning that the total prior art doesn't need to connect every dot). https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/27/2024-03967/updated-guidance-for-making-a-proper-determination-of-obviousness https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/27/2024-03...