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INVENTIVE STEPS

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PATENTFor an invention to be registered As a patent

:

It must be new

It must involve inventive step

It must be capable of industrial

application

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Inventive Step (non

obviousness!"ationale

To avoid granting patents for inventions w#ic# onl$

follow from %normal product design and development

Providing incentives for fundamental researc# rat#er

t#an for %incremental improvements%& and to

minimi'e t#e %proliferation of economicall$insignificant patents t#at are epensive to searc# and

to license

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)istor$ of inventive step

re*uirementsIn united kingdom:T#e fundamental test for assessing w#et#er t#ere is an inventive

step remains t#e statutor$ test: an invention s#all be ta+en to

involve an inventive step if it is ,not obvious, to ,a person s+illedin t#e art,& #aving regard to an$ matter w#ic# forms part of t#e

,state of t#e art, b$ virtue of section -(-!: s . Patents Act /0112

In USA:

A %person s+ill in t#e art% (PSITA! would not +now#ow to solve t#e problem at w#ic# t#e invention is

directed b$ using eactl$ t#e same mec#anism2

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Inventive step (non

obviousness!re*uirementNational/regional laws

)aving regard to t#e relevant prior art& t#e invention is not obvious to a

person s+illed in t#e art2 (ma3orit$!

T#e person s+illed in t#e art would not #ave been able to easil$ ma+e

t#e invention based on t#e relevant prior art2 (4P& 5"! T#e invention constitutes an inventive progress and cannot be easil$

created b$ a person s+illed in t#e art2 (VN!

6ompared wit# prior art& t#e invention #as prominent substantive

features and represents a notable progress2 (6N!

T#e invention differs essentiall$ from t#e state of t#e art2 (Nordiccountries!

A feature of an invention t#at involves tec#nical advance as compared

to t#e eisting +nowledge or #aving economic significance or bot# and

t#at ma+es t#e invention not obvious to a person s+illed in t#e art2 (IN!

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7efinition of t#e Person

S+illed in t#e Art (PSIA! A #$pot#etical person2 A a fictitious person 2

7eemed to #ave an ordinar$ or average s+ill in t#e relevant

art on t#e filing date (priorit$ date!22

T#e level of +nowledge and s+ill depend on t#e nature of

t#e claimed invention in t#e relevant tec#nolog$2

Presumed to #ave access to all publicl$ available state of

t#e art information2

Able to compre#end all tec#nical matters in t#e relevant

art& including ad3acent art or in t#e field relevant to t#e

problem to be solved b$ t#e invention

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6#aracteristics of PSIAT#e PSIA possesses:

ordinar$ +nowledge of t#e tec#nolog$ in *uestion2

ordinar$ practical s+ill in t#e tec#nical field& suc# as

wor+s#op tec#ni*ue2 common general +nowledge in t#e relevant field2

Public +nowledge is not necessaril$ common general

+nowledge2

6ommon general +nowledge: Some countries re*uiresupport b$ documentar$ evidence2

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Inventive capacit$ of t#e PSIA

A PSIA is a person of ordinar$ creativit$& not an automaton2

(8S!

A PSIA is not a dullard and #as certain modicum ofcreativit$2 (IN!

T#e PSIA is 92 T#e PSIA is capable of eercising t#e usual

facult$ of logic and rational reasons based on #is +nowledge

T#e PSIA does not eercise inventive imagination2

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Evaluating inventive step:

et#odologiesNature and objective of standard methodologies

;recommendation

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>evel of Inventive Step

Inventive step (nonobviousness!

?bvious

6ombination of prior art reference

Eemplar$ reasoning or rationales

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