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Inventive step (obviousness)
Whether the invention would have been obvious to a person skilled in the art — 35 U.S.C. §103 in the US, inventive step at the EPO.
SallyIP structures obviousness analysis around retrieved references; see patent AI.
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What is inventive step (obviousness)?
Whether the invention would have been obvious to a person skilled in the art — 35 U.S.C. §103 in the US, inventive step at the EPO. SallyIP structures obviousness analysis around retrieved references; see patent AI.
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