Assertion: patent's claim | /r/HasProperty | obvious
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text: If any claim of a pending patent application would have been obvious in light of at least one claim of the applicant's issued patents, the USPTO may reject that claim for obviousness-type double patenting and require the applicant to disclaim a part of the term of the pending application.
text: Linde Air Products Co. It established the line of thought that what was not claimed by the inventor in an issued patent but is an obvious variation of what was claimed should be considered as covered by the claims via the Doctrine of equivalents.
text: Or, the examiner may feel some claims would be obvious to a person with ordinary skills in the field.