Inventive step Sample Clauses
Inventive step. An invention shall be considered to involve an inventive step, if it is not obvious to a person skilled in the art to which it pertains.
Inventive step. An invention shall be regarded as resulting from an inventive step if, having regard to the prior art, it would not have been obvious to a person having ordinary knowledge and skill in the art on the filing date of the patent application or, if priority has been claimed, on the priority date validly claimed for the application.
Inventive step. For the purposes of this Chapter, an invention shall be deemed to have a significant inventive step if it functionally improves the utility of an object or its manufacture.