person of ordinary skill in the art (English, noun)
expansion: person of ordinary skill in the art (plural persons of ordinary skill in the art or people of ordinary skill in the art)
Senses:
topics: law
glosses: 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.
tags: US
Forms:
form: persons of ordinary skill in the art
tags: plural
form: people of ordinary skill in the art
tags: plural
form: person having ordinary skill in the art
tags: alternative
form: POSITA
tags: alternative