analogous art

Patents. A technique, product, application, machine, or method that is reasonably related to the problem addressed by the invention, and with which the inventor is assumed to be familiar.

— Also termed per-tinent art. See NONOBVIOUSNESS. [Cases: Patents 16(3).]

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译者Christina，毕业于世界顶级翻译学院，擅长翻译各种与反垄断与不正当竞争诉讼相关的法律文件。