Inventive Step
The
inventive step
is a
patentability
requirement present in most
European
patent
laws, and in particular in the
European Patent Convention
(EPC). It corresponds more or less to the
non-obviousness
requirement of the
US patent law
. Pursuant to the Article 52(1) in conjunction with Article 56 first sentence of the EPC, European patents shall be granted for
inventions
which
inter alia
involve an inventive step, that is, the invention, having regard to the
state of the art
, must not be obvious to a
person skilled in the art
.
Landmark decisions
T
24/
81
http://legal.european-patent-office.org/dg3/biblio/t810024ep1.htm
, developping the "problem-solution approach", an objective approach to decide whether or not an invention involves an inventive step.
See also
Novelty
Industrial application
Non-obviousness
Prior art
Utility
External links
Article 52 EPC
Article 56 EPC
Guidelines for Examination in the EPO, Part C, Chapter IV Patentability, 9. Inventive step
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