Landmark Decisions
- T 24/81, developing the "problem-solution approach", an objective approach to decide whether an invention involves an inventive step.
- T 2/83, investigates the "could-would" question when determining if the skilled person is prompted to combine two prior art references.
Read more about this topic: Inventive Step Under The European Patent Convention
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