I. Introduction
II. Patents and Obviousness
A. The Policy Reasons Underlying Patents
B. What Factors Go into Issuing a Patent?
C. How to Determine the Benefit to Society
D. Why "Inventiveness" is Not the Patentability Standard
E. The Need for an Objective Standard
F. How to Create an Objective Standard of Inventiveness
III. THE TSM TEST AND OBVIOUSNESS
A. Quantifying the "Leap" of Innovation
B. Evaluating a Sufficient Leap
C. Why the POSITA's Opinion Needs to be Balanced with Other Factors
D. The Teaching-Suggestion-Motivation Test as an Answer
IV. KSR V. Teleflex and Criticisms of the TSM Test
A. The TSM Test is Not Constitutional
B. The Suggestion Test Does Not Ignore the Expertise of a POSITA
C. The Test Does Not Fail in Rapidly Changing and Diverse Fields
D. The TSM Test Overall Does Not Allow for Too Many Obvious Patents
V. Conclusion