discussed Cited as authority (quoted) Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. v. SciMed Life Systems obviousness may not be established by hindsight

discussed Cited "see" Minton v. National Ass'n of Securities Dealers, Inc. See Kahn v. General Motors, Corp., 135 F.3d 1472, 1480 (Fed.Cir.1998), ce rt. denied, 525 U.S. 875 , 119 S.Ct. 177 , 142 L.Ed.2d 144 (1998); WMS Gaming Inc. v. Int’l Game Tech., 184 F.3d 1339, 1355 (Fed.Cir.1999). 14 .

discussed Cited "see, e.g." TDM America, LLC v. United States Warner-Jenkinson Co., 520 U.S. at 29 , 117 S.Ct. 1040 (“Each element contained in a patent claim is deemed material to defining the scope of the patented invention, and thus the doctrine of equivalents must be applied to individual elements of the claim, not to the invention as a whole.”); see also Kahn v. General Motors Corp., 135 F.3d 1472, 1478 (Fed.Cir.1998), cert denied, 525 U.S. 875 , 119 S.Ct. 177 , 142 L.Ed.2d 144 (1998).