The patent examination opinion only mentions that the patent scheme has no inventive step, is it necessary to further discuss the novelty?

No inventive step means that the technical invention is obvious to those skilled in the art. When answering, it should be emphasized that as far as the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is concerned, the known reference documents do not provide technical inspiration for distinguishing technical features. Therefore, the present invention has substantive features and significant progress in solving the technical problem. You can find some information about the three-step patent examination method.