Finally Some Patent Progress
SCOTUS found KSR's arguments convincing, ruling that the Federal
Circuit had failed to apply the obviousness test. "The results of
ordinary innovation are not the subject of exclusive rights under the
patent laws," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the Court. "Were it
otherwise, patents might stifle rather than promote the progress of
useful arts."
[1] http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070430-supreme-court-ruling-makes-obvious-patents-harder-to-defend.html