Non-Obvious Invention
A Non-Obvious Invention is an invention that is not obvious to a person skilled in the art.
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- See: Prior Art, Person Skilled in the Art, Novel Invention, Useful Invention, Patented Invention.
References
2012
- http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/glossary.html#I
- Inventive step: One of the criteria of patentability also called non-obviousness. For the purposes of written opinions of the International Searching Authority and international preliminary reports on patentability (Chapter II of the PCT), a claimed invention shall be considered to involve an inventive step (to be non-obvious) if, having regard to the prior art as defined in the Regulations, it is not, at the prescribed relevant date, obvious to a person skilled in the art.