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Article L611-14 of the French Intellectual Property Code

An invention is considered to involve an inventive step if, for a person skilled in the art, it does not follow in an obvious manner from the state of the art. If the state of the art includes documents mentioned in the third paragraph of Article L. 611-11, they are not taken into consideration when assessing inventive step.

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Article L611-14

Une invention est considérée comme impliquant une activité inventive si, pour un homme du métier, elle ne découle pas d’une manière évidente de l’état de la technique. Si l’état de la technique comprend des documents mentionnés au troisième alinéa de l’article L. 611-11, ils ne sont pas pris en considération pour l’appréciation de l’activité inventive.

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