Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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novelty. Patents.

1. The fact that an invention is new in form and in function or performance. 2. The requirement that this fact must be demonstrated for an invention to be patentable. ( If the invention has been previously patented, described in a publication, or known or used by others, it is not novel. 35 USCA § 102. Cf. NONOBVIOUSNESS. noverca (no-var-ka), n. [Latin] A stepmother.