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ARTICLE · 27 MAY 2020

Granting A Patent – The Inventive Step

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In addition to novelty and industrial application, the inventive step is one of the criteria of assessing inventions.

PolandIntellectual Property
Marcin But
Marcin But

In addition to novelty and industrial application, the inventive step is one of the criteria of assessing inventions. To answer the question of whether an invention involves an inventive step we must determine if the subject of the invention is new.

In order to adapt to European standards, the Polish Industrial Property Law recently introduced the phrase 'inventive step' in place of the previously used 'non-obviousness.'

What does "inventive level" mean?

When assessing the inventive step, for each solution presented in the patent claims, the Polish Patent Office will assess whether, prior to the filing date and taking into account the state of the art at that time, an average person skilled in the art would be able to invent the solutions presented in the claim. If that is found to be the case, the solution is declared to be obvious, i.e. it lacks the inventive step.

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