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- noun The state or condition of being
nonobvious .
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Last week's term was nonobviousness, which is defined as:
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Last week's term was nonobviousness, which is defined as:
Legal Definitions 2008
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Last week's term was nonobviousness, which is defined as:
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Patents on the other hand require "nonobviousness".
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[To clarify my last post, I meant to say that the respective doctrines of nonobviousness (which existed even before it was codified, BTW ...) and product-of-nature could both apply to invalidate gene patents simultaneously, but also, that either could potentially stand alone apart from the other as well (especially the former), IMO.] Kenneth M. Alfano (Quote)
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Babe's patent application is rejected on the ground that similar technology has been developed for television commentators and that Babe's invention extending these prior art developments to the game itself is obvious (in patent-speak, it "lacks nonobviousness") and is therefore not patentable.
Legal Definitions 2008
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To clarify my last post, I meant to say that the respective doctrines of nonobviousness (which existed even before it was codified, BTW...) and product-of-nature could both apply to invalidate gene patents simultaneously, but also, that either could potentially stand alone apart from the other as well (especially the former), IMO.
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Babe's patent application is rejected on the ground that similar technology has been developed for television commentators and that Babe's invention extending these prior art developments to the game itself is obvious (in patent-speak, it "lacks nonobviousness") and is therefore not patentable.
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Babe's patent application is rejected on the ground that similar technology has been developed for television commentators and that Babe's invention extending these prior art developments to the game itself is obvious (in patent-speak, it "lacks nonobviousness") and is therefore not patentable.
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I'm no IP lawyer, so I'll agree the answer isn't obvious -- but isn't nonobviousness the doctrine in patent law under which patent protection is available for a claim only if the so-called improvement is not "obvious" to an individual with knowledge of the state of the art to which the claim relates?
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