Guidelines for Examination:PART C: CHAPTER IV PATENTABILITY, CHAPTER IV Annex EXAMPLES RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENT OF INVENTIVE STEP INDICATORS (see IV, 9.13), 2. Obvious combination of features?, 2.1 Obvious and consequently non-inventive combination of features:

Guidelines for Examination
PART C
CHAPTER IV PATENTABILITY
CHAPTER IV Annex EXAMPLES RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENT OF INVENTIVE STEP INDICATORS (see IV, 9.13)
2. Obvious combination of features?
2.1 Obvious and consequently non-inventive combination of features:

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PART C
CHAPTER IV PATENTABILITY
CHAPTER IV Annex EXAMPLES RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENT OF INVENTIVE STEP INDICATORS (see IV, 9.13)
2. Obvious combination of features?

2.2 Not obvious and consequently inventive combination of features:

2.1	Obvious and consequently non-inventive combination of features:

The invention consists merely in the juxtaposition or association of known devices or processes functioning in their normal way and not producing any non-obvious working inter-relationship.

Example: Machine for producing sausages consists of a known mincing machine and a known filling machine disposed side by side.