Cripps question en · PROPN
Etymology
Posed in the 1920s by Stafford Cripps in a British patent case about n-hexyl resorcinol, Sharp & Dohme Inc v Boots Pure Drug Company Ltd.
Meanings
- A legal test as to whether an invention is obvious, based on whether a skilled person with existing knowledge could have invented it as a matter of routine.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| the Cripps question | canonical | lexicographic |