"person of ordinary skill in the art" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: persons of ordinary skill in the art [plural], people of ordinary skill in the art [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|persons of ordinary skill in the art|people of ordinary skill in the art}} person of ordinary skill in the art (plural persons of ordinary skill in the art or people of ordinary skill in the art)
  1. (US, law) 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. Wikipedia link: person of ordinary skill in the art Tags: US Categories (topical): Law, People Synonyms: person having ordinary skill in the art, POSITA

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