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"The whole idea of what's new and nonobvious will have to change," he said.

"This is a nonobvious problem that has an obvious solution."

This was an essential Lightner move, asking for a nonobvious lead.

Patents may be obtained only for useful, new and nonobvious inventions.

Economics does have nonstupid and nonobvious things to say.

The process of interaction adaptation is complex, nonobvious, and at times invisible."

In addition to being original, inventions submitted for a patent must also be useful and nonobvious.

Theodore Lightner suggested that a double of a slam should ask partner to make a nonobvious lead.

Since then, an invention must merely be "nonobvious."

Testing of the nonobvious didn't help, either.

It must feel like a bit of a stretch to come up with 60 fresh, nonobvious patentable ideas week in, week out.

Although statistical evidence is hard to come by, the definition of what is nonobvious may be seriously eroding.

We'll write specs for each (nonobvious) feature right before implementing that feature.

What can be patented - utility patents are provided for a new, nonobvious and useful:

The Graham Factors, shown below, are used by courts to determine if the claimed invention is nonobvious.

Patenting protects a new, nonobvious and useful invention.

It is unclear whether a particular machine must be novel and nonobvious, and specially adapted for carrying out the new process.

The nonobvious point is that a losing heart finesse leaves the declarer with a side-entry to the dummy.

Killeen worried about the nonobvious ones.

Most players are familiar with the Lightner Double, which is a move at the slam level to direct a nonobvious lead, often in dummy's suit.

He smiled at us around his Popeye pipe, reached into a nonobvious fold of his sarong, and produced a key.

However, these tests can be problematic for people with nonobvious disabilities affecting proprioception, such as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

Her strength, said Dr. Rodin, lies in thinking creatively, in finding "nonobvious solutions."

And as the young players follow him in the subtleties of this nonobvious expression, a certain element of self-involvement creeps in.

The group hops to it, extruding volunteers through a nonobvious Brownian motion, and before long all of Tony's gear is spread out on the lawn.