Nonobviousness

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or condition of being nonobvious. uncountable

    "“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 ."

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"“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 ."

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From nonobvious + -ness.

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