Tag: technological appraisal
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Navigating the Intricacies of Patent Progression and Technological Appraisal in the European Context
In the realm of intellectual property, the concept of patentability encompasses three fundamental criteria: novelty, industrial applicability, and, perhaps most critically, non-obviousness, or what is known as ‘inventive step’ in European patent law. This latter criterion, which mandates that a patented invention must not be obvious to a person skilled in the art, serves as…