present participle of de-skill

simple past tense and past participle of de-skill

present participle of hard skill

simple past tense and past participle of hard skill

(video games, slang, sometimes sarcastic) Insulting a player's skill.

plural of person of ordinary skill in the art

(US, law) In United States patent law, the hypothetical individual whose likely knowledge determines whether an improvement on existing technology would be obvious, and therefore not patentable.

plural of person of ordinary skill in the art

A model of how learners can acquire skills through formal instruction and practicing, used in the fields of education and operations research.

(UK, law) Any hypothetical person used in a legal test related to patents