Rule reasoning for legal norm validation of FSTP facts
  Non-obviousness or inventive step is a general requirement for patentability in most patent law systems. An invention should be at an adequate distance beyond its prior art in order to be patented. This short paper provides an overview on a methodology proposed for legal norm validation of FSTP facts using rule reasoning approach. 
Naouel Karam, Shashishekar Ramakrishna and Adrian Paschke
cs.AI