Part G – Patentability
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Chapter VII – Inventive step
Overview
Chapter VII – Inventive step
1. General
2. State of the art; date of filing
3. Person skilled in the art
4. Obviousness
5. Problem-solution approach
6. Combining pieces of prior art
7. Combination vs. juxtaposition or aggregation
8. "Ex post facto" analysis
9. Origin of an invention
10. Secondary indicators
11. Arguments and evidence submitted by the applicant
12. Selection inventions
13. Inventive step assessment in the field of biotechnology
14. Dependent claims; claims in different categories
15. Examples
Annex – Examples relating to the requirement of inventive step – indicators
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