Assignment #7: Part 1 of 4

NONOBVIOUSNESS:

35 USC: 103(a)
Like the novelty requirement, but trickier
Novelty requirement looks to a single piece of prior art
Nonobviousness requirement looks at multiple pieces of
prior art
Novel means new
Non-obvious means that a person having ordinary skills in the art wouldn't have easily thought of it given the plurality of prior art

 When Professor Tal added these bullets, he asked us for obviousness means. I raised my hand and gave the informal answer of what obviousness means, an answer similar to what I've said in this blog and in my YouTube video. I also cited the example of the bottle cap - you can the red to a green bottle cap. That is obvious. Unless the green bottle cap has a very genuine/super important new purpose that the red bottle cap does not have. Professor Tal said that this is the colloquial way of describing obviousness but it is not a good definition. 

So what is the correct definition?? 

READ ON TO FIND OUT!