people of ordinary skill in the art

A form of person of ordinary skill in the art — In United States patent law, the hypothetical individual whose likely knowledge determines whether an improvement on existing technology would be obvious, and therefore not patentable.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of person of ordinary skill in the art
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