Sentence examples for involve an inventive step from inspiring English sources
Although patent laws and requirements differ among nations, in general patents are granted if inventions are "new, involve an inventive step and are susceptible of industrial application" (Article 52, EPC 2016).
Citing Article 27 of TRIPS, which "generally mandates patentability where inventions are new, involve an inventive step (or are non-obvious), and are capable of industrial application (or are useful)" [ 5], Novartis claims that imatinib mesylate represented an "inventive step" in the drug development process due to its 30% increase in bioavailability [ 5].
This law provided that all inventions, products or processes which were "new, involve an inventive step and are industrially applicable," were patentable (Sec.2)[ 17].
The TRIPS Agreement requires all member countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to extend patent protection to "any inventions, whether products or processes, in all fields of technology, provided that they are new, involve an inventive step and are capable of industrial application".
In accordance with Article 27§1 of the TRIPS Agreement, "patents shall be available for any inventions, whether products or processes, in all fields of technology, provided that they are new, involve an inventive step and are capable of industrial application", subject to the exceptions to patentability set out by national legal orders.
It argues that Gilead did not take "an inventive step" in developing the drug, because the real breakthrough was by researchers at Cardiff University at an earlier stage.
It was noted regarding patentable inventions (i.e. products and processes that provide a technical solution to a technical problem) that patenting involves elements of novelty, an inventive step and industrial applicability (or utility, i.e. it can be commercialized).
Non-obviousness, or the requirement of an "inventive step", imposes a threshold of ingenuity to the scientific finding.
To be sure, the TRIPS Agreement is sufficiently vague and does not explicitly define what an "inventive step" entails [ 5].
The provision of biological samples or performing analysis using established techniques cannot by itself be considered an inventive step, and therefore does not in principle justify claims for intellectual property by the Expert Centres or a biobank.
