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CO-INVENTOR [4 records]

Record 1 2011-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
Universal entry(ies)
Nb2O5
formula, see observation
1313-96-8
CAS number
CONT

Dr. Gofman... is co-inventor of the uranyl acetate and columbium oxide separation processes for plutonium.

OBS

niobium(V) oxide: form recommended by the IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry).

OBS

Chemical formula: Nb2O5

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Nb2O5
formula, see observation
1313-96-8
CAS number
OBS

oxyde de niobium(V) : forme recommandée par l'UICPA (Union internationale de chimie pure et appliquée).

OBS

Formule chimique : NB2O5

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Patents (Law)
  • Copyright, Patent and Trademark Law
CONT

Co-inventor : One of two or more inventors working together on a single invention. A [name] listed on a patent must have made an essential contribution to the invention.

CONT

... the other inventors or their legal representatives may make application, and a patent may be granted in the name of the inventors who make the application, on satisfying the Commissioner that the joint inventor has refused to make application or that his whereabouts cannot be ascertained after diligent inquiry.

Key term(s)
  • coinventor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Brevets d'invention (Droit)
  • Propriété industrielle et intellectuelle
CONT

Un individu peut être considéré comme co-inventeur s'il se contente de suggérer une idée quant au résultat à accomplir sans offrir les solutions pour y parvenir.

CONT

... les autres inventeurs ou leur représentant légal peuvent soumettre une demande, et un brevet peut être accordé au nom des inventeurs qui font la demande, si le commissaire est convaincu que l'inventeur conjoint a refusé de soumettre une demande ou que le lieu où il se trouve ne peut être déterminée après une enquête diligente.

OBS

La vedette anglaise et ses équivalents proviennent de la Loi sur les brevets, L.R. (1985), chapitre P-4, art. 31(1) et des Règles sur les brevets, C.R.C., chapitre 1 250, art. 62.

Key term(s)
  • co-auteur d'une invention

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Copyright, Patent and Trademark Law
DEF

Done or undertaken without license or permission ...

CONT

Instead of a patent holder’s interest in an unlicensed patent, the better analogy is to the Federal Government’s interest in an unissued patent.

CONT

The Court found that Mr. Lynt wrongly used client secrets and confidences to file an unauthorized patent application listing himself as a co-inventor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propriété industrielle et intellectuelle
CONT

Le gouvernement a l'intention de modifier la loi pour rendre compatible avec l'OMC [Organisation mondiale du Commerce] les conditions d'octroi d'un brevet non autorisé.

Spanish

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Record 4 1993-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Patents (Law)
OBS

i. e. in patent law, the mistaken designation as co-inventor of someone who in fact was not

French

Domaine(s)
  • Brevets d'invention (Droit)
OBS

d'un coinventeur

Spanish

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