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In ''KSR Int'l Co. v. Teleflex Inc.'', 127 S. Ct. 1727 (2007), a unanimous [[United States Supreme Court]] invalidated a [[patent]] by emphasizing the statutory prohibition on patenting a design that is obvious:

In '''''KSR Int'l Co. v. Teleflex Inc.''''', 127 S. Ct. 1727 (2007), a unanimous [[United States Supreme Court]] invalidated a [[patent]] by emphasizing the statutory prohibition on patenting a design that is obvious:

:Section 103 forbids issuance of a patent when "the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time the invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains."

:Section 103 forbids issuance of a patent when "the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time the invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains."