The new automation tool de-skills many clerical positions by handling repetitive data entry, prompting the company to redesign job roles.

The company's expansion was delayed due to a skills shortage in the local labor market.

Employers often prioritize hard skills when screening resumes.

She hard skills the prototype to perfection before the demonstration.

Despite years of practice, her splinter skills were only useful in very narrow tasks.

In evaluating the patent claims, persons of ordinary skill in the art would recognize the combination of known elements as obvious.

In assessing obviousness, the court evaluates what a person of ordinary skill in the art would have known or found obvious at the time of the invention.

When assessing patent validity, people of ordinary skill in the art would have understood that the combination of references rendered the invention obvious.

To design a training program that truly builds expertise, the instructors relied on the Dreyfus model of skill acquisition to sequence lessons and practice activities from novice to expert.

When assessing obviousness, the board considered whether people having ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to combine the prior teachings.