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> how novel it was. There are no degrees of novelty. An invention is ether novel (new, never been done before) or it’s not.
by bdowling 7y ago
> how novel it was.
There are no degrees of novelty. An invention is ether novel (new, never been done before) or it’s not.
- DuskStar 7y agoOf course there's degrees of novelty. How could there not be?
- bdowling 7y agoIn patent law, novelty only means new (never done before). Patent novelty has nothing to do with the cleverness, inventiveness, or importance of an invention. A patent must also be non-obvious, which is where many of the other inventive characteristics fall.