Inventive Step
This glossary item is used in the course Intellectual Property Online
Inventive Step
Pursuant to Article 52(1) in conjunction with Article 56, first sentence, EPC, European patents shall be granted for inventions which, among other things, 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. One of the main requirements of patentability in the USA (35 U.S.C. § 103) is that the invention being patented is not obvious, meaning that a “person having ordinary skill in the art” (PHOSITA) would not know how to solve the problem at which the invention is directed by using exactly the same mechanism.
Intellectual Property Online
Obtaining a patent is a crucial step to safeguard the intellectual property of a novel biomedical intervention and to raise funding for its development. This course discusses the pros and cons of intellectual property and the do’s and don’ts to protect your biomedical invention in a timely manner.