21 Article 22, para. 2 of the R.O.C. Patent Act provides: “An invention that is without the
circumstances prescribed in the subparagraphs of the preceding paragraph but can be easily made by a person ordinarily skilled in the art based on prior art shall not be patented.” Which requirement for patent is contained in this provision?
(A) Inventive step
(B) Novelty
(C) Enablement
(D) Patentable subject matter