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This is termed non-spuriousness, which simply means ânot false.â A spurious or false relationship exists when what appears to be an association between the two variables is actually caused by a third extraneous variable.
Non-obviousness/inventive-step: The meaning of the term non obviousness is that the invention to be patented should not be obvious to a person skilled in the art in light of the prior art. There should be improvement technically in the proposed invention to pass the toll gate of Non-obviousness. section 2(ja) of the Indian patent act defines the term inventive-step. The industrial application is another criteria to be fulfilled in order to obtain a patent for the claimed invention.