IPA patent 8.5-inventive-step — IP Australia Patent Manual of Practice and Procedure – 8.5 Inventive Step

Also in this Chapter: 8.1 Summary of Relevant Legislative Changes 8.2 General Approach to Examination 8.3 Amendments 8.4 Novelty ​​​​​​​ 8.6 Innovative Step 8.7 Section 40 Specifications 8.8 Patentability Issues 8.9 Abstracts 8.10 Divisional Applications 8.11 Priority Dates and Filing Dates 8.12 Examination 8.13 Modified Examination 8.14 Petty Patents 8.15 National Phase Applications 8.16 Convention Applications 8.17 Patent Deed Sub-chapters: 8.5.1 The Statutory Basis for Inventive Step 8.5.2 Prior Art Base 8.5.3 Assessing Inventive Step in Examination 8.5.4 Common General Knowledge 8.5.5 Determining the Problem 8.5.6 Identifying the Person Skilled in the Art 8.5.7 Could the PSA have Ascertained, Understood, Regard as Relevant and Combined the Prior Art Information