新しん規き性せい

noun

novelty (patent law)

Technical term in patent law; refers to the requirement that an invention must be new and not previously known to the public.

• 特とっ許きょを取しゅ得とくするには、発はつ明めいに新しん規き性せいが必ひつ要ようです。

  To obtain a patent, the invention must have novelty.

• 審しん査さ官かんはその技ぎ術じゅつの新しん規き性せいを否ひ定ていした。

  The examiner denied the novelty of the technology.