Cap. 417 Art. 6Inventive step.

An invention shall be considered to involve an inventive step if, having regard to the prior art as defined in article 5(2), it is not obvious to a person skilled in the art: Provided that if the prior art also includes any of the documents referred to in article 5(3) of this Act, these documents are not to be considered in deciding whether there has been an inventive step.