obviousness

IPA: ˈɑbviʌsnʌs

Examples of "obviousness" in Sentences

My tolerance for such obviousness is low right now.
The issue of obviousness is somewhat of a red herring.
His penchant for exploitive obviousness is in full tow.
But pre-KSR precedent refutes Plaintiffs' theory of non-obviousness, which is that the costs of the coating process would have dissuaded a skilled formulator from combining the references.
I agree with #3 – this rivals in obviousness the idea of using 1-click to buy something online, which resulted in interminable squabbling and litigation about who thought of such an obvious thing first. —
Perhaps instead of discussing which is the "more obvious" interpretation, which ultimately doesn't prove anything since "obviousness" is a matter of perception, we should be focusing on the relevant contextual and comparative information.
The claim has a certain surface plausibility, but it’s usually awfully hard to keep a straight face when contemplating particular examples, and the grounds for insisting that your retrospective intuition of obviousness is mistaken almost always amounts to pointing out that the first guy to file the patent was — they’ll keep saying it until you grasp this thorny concept — the first guy to file the patent.