Patentability Criteria

Patentability criteria are the requirements an invention must meet to be granted a patent. It must be new (novel), meaning it hasn’t been publicly disclosed before. It should involve an inventive step, meaning it isn’t obvious to someone skilled in that field. The invention must be useful (has utility), and it must be adequately described so others can understand and reproduce it. These criteria ensure that patents are granted for genuine innovations that advance technology and are sufficiently different from existing ideas.