Assertion: thymol's effect | /r/HasProperty | achieved by obvious measures
Facets:
value: inevitably
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: In addition the Board notes that in line with the case law of the Boards of Appeal that additional or extra effects inevitably achieved by obvious measures, constitute a "bonus effect" which cannot support inventive step, this should all the more be true for cases where the "additional or extra effect" merely consists of the very foreseen technical effect, albeit more efficient.
text: 10.1 It is established case law of the Boards of Appeal (see Case Law of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office, 4th Edition, 2001, point I.D.7.7) that if, having regard to the state of the art, it had been obvious for a skilled person to arrive at something falling within the terms of a claim, additional or extra effects inevitably achieved by the obvious measures would constitute a "bonus effect" which cannot support inventive step.