Consequences of the Supreme Court's Redefintion of "Obvious"

The people just won one, where the Federal District Court just struck down Bayer's patent on Yasmin, a contraceptive.

The patent, which expires in 2020, is on a formula for the compound drospirenone in which the particle size was reduced so it could be absorbed by the body more quickly before it is exposed to stomach acid. U.S. District Judge Peter Sheridan agreed with Barr that the decision to reduce the particle size would have been obvious to any researcher.

Hell, it's obvious to any cook too.

Why else would they sell powdered sugar. Smaller particles dissolve more quickly.