Harmonization: The proposed harmonizing of patent laws in different countries to produce essentially one, worldwide patent law.

How to Make: This is part of the obligation to provide a disclosure in the patent application that would enable one skilled in the art to practice the invention without engaging in undue experimentation.

How to Use: This is a similar standard to the "how-to-make" standard and relates to the use aspect of an invention, if appropriate.

Hypothetical Person Skilled in the Art: The standard applied under Section 103 of the Patent Statute is whether the invention would have been obvious at the time the invention was made to one having ordinary skill in the art. One must look at the nature of the technology and determine what sort of individual would be skilled in the art. There are no rigid standards that are employed in making such a determination. For example, if the invention involved an automobile transmission, a mechanical engineer working on transmission design, a mechanic working on automobile transmissions, a mechanical engineering professor, or others could be a "person skilled in the art."

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