ARTISAN

artisan. 1. An artist; esp., a skilled crafter. 2.Patents. A person of ordinary skill in an art, for

purposes  of  deter-mining  whether  a  patent  application  meets  the  enablement  requirement  of  35

USCA § 112. • In patent-law terms, the disclosure in the application must teach the artisan how to

practice the invention. — Also termed skilled artisan.[Blacks Law 8th]