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One quibble, almost? everything is obvious to a bona fide expert in the field at the time of filing. The legal requirement is that something be non-obvious to
by hcknwscommenter 4y ago
One quibble, almost? everything is obvious to a bona fide expert in the field at the time of filing. The legal requirement is that something be non-obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the field.
- s1artibartfast 4y agoI think we are both a little off. The test is for someone with with ordinary skill for someone practicing in the field, eg an ordinary mech engineer for a mechanical patent. Everything is not obvious to an expert. There are actually hard problems that take time and effort to solve, even for experts.