# Inventive Step

**IRI:** https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RCasJB92VYmX5vWeMXUz6tB

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## Definition

Inventive Step is a patentability requirement that an invention must not be obvious to a person skilled in the relevant field, based on the prior art. It is used to determine whether an invention has sufficient ingenuity to warrant a patent.

## Sub Class Of

- https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RDV2029Q3Zi4LQ1ehMJNj3w

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