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Obvious

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Definition

obvious


: easily seen, discovered, or understood
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: readily apparent to a person of ordinary skill in a particular art considering the scope and content of the prior art see also patent NOTE: An invention that is found to be obvious cannot be patented.
ob·vi·ous·ness n




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