Suggested alternative to "non-obviousness" (Score 1)

My suggestion for an alternative version of "non-obviousness" is:

an historically novel association between previously disparate concepts.

Under this approach, in addition to novelty (ie. has this product/process been done before), etc., in order to fulfil the requirement for non-obviousness the patentee would be required to:

Step 1 -- identify all the relevant concepts constituting their purported invention;

Step 2 -- identify all the linkages/associations between the concepts;

Step 3 -- of those linkages/associations, specifically identify the one or more links which the patentee claims to be historically novel, and that would define the perimeter of possible ownership by the patentee (IFF it is indeed historically novel, etc.).