Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
absence manifeste de nouveauté
English translation:
obvious lack of novelty
French term
Translation is depth of the passion
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French, Portuguese to English
absence manifeste de nouveauté
Ie brevet est delivré. L'lnstitut National de la Propriete Industrielle n'est pas habilite, sauf
dans Ie cas d'absence manifeste de nouveaute, aen refuser la delivrance, La validite d'un
brevet releve exclusivement de l'appreciation des tribunaux.
| 4 +2 | obvious lack of novelty |
cc in nyc
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Dec 22, 2010 16:21: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Term asked" from "absence manifeste de nouveaute" to "absence manifeste de nouveauté" , "Field" from "Other" to "Law/Patents"
Non-PRO (1): cc in nyc
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Proposed translations
obvious lack of novelty
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rkillings
: 'manifest' adj. also works. The synonymous adjective you wouldn't want to use is 'patent'. :-)
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philippe vandevivere
: yep cc
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