Obviousness is a critical element to patentability. In essence, even if the applicant can demonstrate patentable subject matter, utility and novelty, the patent will not issue if the invention is trivial.
While the earliest C. megalodon remains were reported from late Oligocene strata, around 28 million years old, a more reliable date for the origin of the species is the early Miocene, about 23 million years ago.
Megalodon (/ËmÉÉ¡ÉloÊËdÉn/ MEG-É-lÉ-don, /ËmeÉªÉ¡É-/ MAY-gÉ-; meaning big tooth, from Ancient Greek: Î¼Î­Î³Î±Ï (megas) big, mighty and á½Î´oÏÏ (odoÃºs), toothâwhose stem is odont-, as seen in the genitive case form á½Î´ÏÎ½ÏÎ¿Ï, odÃ³ntos) is an extinct species of shark that lived approximately 23 to 2.6 million years ago, during the Cenozoic Era (early ...