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Does the invention have to be totally new to obtain a patent?

April 26, 2017invention obtain patent

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Does the invention have to be totally new to obtain a patent?

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The subject matter of the invention to be patented must be sufficiently different from what has been used or described before, so that it is non-obvious to a person having ordinary skill in the area of technology related to the invention.