nonobviousness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

nonobvious +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

nonobviousness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being nonobvious.
    • 2007 January 20, Stephanie Saul, “Patent Trial Near, Bristol-Myers Counts on Resilience”, in New York Times[1]:
      “If KSR raises the bar for nonobviousness, Judge Stein may need to rethink his conclusion that the Plavix patent is not obvious,” said C. Scott Hemphill, an associate professor of law at Columbia University .