@christopher11 a good way to prove non-obviousness is to teach away.
example: prior art is a revolver firearm
your inventions: utility patent - a firearm that when triggered, all remaining bullets held by that firearm fall to the floor. (this teaches away from the traditional firearm because...
@christopher11
the invention also has to be obvious to try.
theirs a case for obviousness where a drug manufacture wrapped a pill with 1 piece of the capsule and not 2 like the actual company did and it was found non obvious because their was no reason for them to wrap it with 1 piece. I'll...