Invention

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Invention
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The chief requirement of an invention is that it be unobvious to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claim pertains and knowing everything that has gone before, as shown by publication anywhere or public use in the U.S. When reliance for patentability is placed on a new mixture of components that have been used separately, it must be shown that there is some unexpected coaction between the ingredients and not just the additive effects of the several materials. The inventor is the one who contributes the inventive concept in workable detail, not the one who demonstrates it or tests it.