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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

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A claim in a patent may be invalid if it fails to adequately distinguish the invention from prior inventions.  2, record 1, English, - claim%20in%20a%20patent

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[...] en matière de brevet, l'article 60(1) de la loi sur les brevets prévoit qu'un brevet, ou une revendication dans un brevet peuvent être déclarés invalides ou nuls par la Cour fédérale à la demande du Procureur général du Canada ou d'un intéressé.  2, record 1, French, - revendication%20dans%20un%20brevet

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

La revendication est une exigence légale, prescrite exactement dans le but de permettre au breveté de définir exactement en quoi consiste son invention [...]  3, record 1, French, - revendication%20dans%20un%20brevet

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Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Product claim ... i.e. a claim covering a product.  2, record 2, English, - product%20claim

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... a restriction of a product claim to a claim directed to the use of the product could alter the scope of protection of the patent since then also another product, namely the result of the use, would be protected as a product directly obtained by the use.  3, record 2, English, - product%20claim

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Outre une première revendication pour un produit : une revendication pour un procédé de fabrication de ce produit, une revendication pour un moyen de mise en œuvre de ce procédé, et une revendication pour une utilisation de ce produit.  2, record 2, French, - revendication%20pour%20un%20produit

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Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

... includes any relevant knowledge, acts, descriptions and patents which pertain to, but predate, invention in question... anything in tangible form that may properly be relied on by patent office in patent cases in support of rejection on matter of substance, not form, of claim in pending application for patent.  2, record 3, English, - prior%20art

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Although novelty is assessed on the basis of a single item of prior art, it is permitted to read into prior art things that can be considered to be implicit therein, but references may not be combined to find a lack of novelty.  3, record 3, English, - prior%20art

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Bien qu'on se base sur une seule antériorité pour évaluer la nouveauté d'un objet, il est possible de déduire de l'antériorité des éléments qui peuvent être considérés comme implicites, toutefois on ne peut combiner les documents pour démontrer le manque de nouveauté.  1, record 3, French, - ant%C3%A9riorit%C3%A9

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Toutefois, en pratique, l'art antérieur sur lequel on s'appuie généralement ne comprend que les documents de brevets publiés, les articles de revues, les manuels et les autres publications semblables (c-à-d. des antériorités).  2, record 3, French, - ant%C3%A9riorit%C3%A9

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Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Any prior sale must constitute an enabling disclosure of the subject matter of the invention in order to anticipate a patent claim.  1, record 4, English, - anticipate%20a%20patent%20claim

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Éviter d’antérioriser une demande de brevet : lorsque l’œuvre (publication scientifique) traite d’un procédé ou d’une invention pour laquelle les démarches de protections sont en cours […]  1, record 4, French, - ant%C3%A9rioriser%20une%20demande%20de%20brevet

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Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Patent applications that are pending in the patent office at the same time are considered to be co-pending.  3, record 5, English, - co%2Dpending%20application

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The subject-matter defined by a claim in an application for a patent in Canada(the “pending application”) must not have been disclosed... in an application(the “co-pending application”) for a patent that is filed in Canada by a person other than the applicant and has a filing date that is on or after the claim date...  4, record 5, English, - co%2Dpending%20application

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Une demande en coinstance mise à la disponibilité du public par un demandeur différent qui décrit la même invention et dont la date d'au moins une revendication est antérieure à la demande en question sera invoquée comme document qui conteste la nouveauté de cette dernière demande [...]  1, record 5, French, - demande%20en%20coinstance

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Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A mechanism whereby a patentee may amend a patent to claim less than that which was claimed in the original patent.  2, record 6, English, - disclaimer

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Mécanisme qui permet au breveté de modifier son brevet afin de réduire la portée des revendications comprises dans le brevet original.  2, record 6, French, - renonciation

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Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

It is respectfully submitted that the invention defined in the applicant's claim which is directed to a foam polyvinyl chloride liner having a specified density was(a) not known or used by any other person before it was invented by W. R. Wheeler, the inventor named in the present case and was(b) not described in any patent printed in Canada...  1, record 7, English, - patent%20printed%20in%20Canada

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

L'invention définie dans la revendication du demandeur, concernant un revêtement intérieur de mousse de chlorure de polyvinyle ayant une densité déterminée a) n'était pas connue ou utilisée par une autre personne avant que W.R. Wheeler, l'inventeur, ne l'imagine ni b) décrite dans quelque brevet imprimé au Canada [...]  1, record 7, French, - brevet%20imprim%C3%A9%20au%20Canada

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Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Earliest effective date of an application for patent or a claim.  3, record 8, English, - priority%20date

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT

A priority date is the filing date of an earlier application that you use as the effective filing date of subject matter in a later application.  2, record 8, English, - priority%20date

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Date d'effet la plus ancienne d'une demande de brevet ou, dans certains pays, d'une revendication.  3, record 8, French, - date%20d%27ant%C3%A9riorit%C3%A9

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La date de priorité est la date de dépôt d'une demande antérieure que vous utilisez comme date de dépôt du domaine dans une demande ultérieure.  4, record 8, French, - date%20d%27ant%C3%A9riorit%C3%A9

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Record 9,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The validity of a patent(or a claim) may be challenged for failure to meet any of the four requirements discussed above. It may also be held invalid on additional grounds including :... overly broad claim(i. e, the claims encompass embodiments broader than the invention conceived or the invention discloses).  1, record 9, English, - overly%20broad%20claim

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Les examinateurs seront donc enclins à refuser une revendication trop large, sauf à démontrer cette revendication.  2, record 9, French, - revendication%20trop%20large

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Source(s) : Glossaire de la propriété industrielle OTAN [Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord], Paris, 1966, 2e éd.  3, record 9, French, - revendication%20trop%20large

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Record 10,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The applicant for a European patent is entitled to and may claim the priority of an earlier first application where :...(i) the previous application was filed in or for State recognised as giving rise to a priority right in accordance with provisions of the European Patent Convention...  2, record 10, English, - claim%20priority

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Le demandeur qui désire revendiquer la priorité d'une demande antérieure doit indiquer la date, l'État et le numéro de dépôt de la demande antérieure.  2, record 10, French, - revendiquer%20la%20priorit%C3%A9

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Record 11,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 CONT

There are also composition of matter patent for medicine itself, process patent for the manufacturing method of medicine and pharmaceutical patent for the preparation of medicine.  4, record 11, English, - medicine%20patent

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Medicines themselves can now be patented. Accordingly, there are three types of claims that can be made in a medicine patent : a claim for the medicine itself, known as a product claim...  5, record 11, English, - medicine%20patent

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As an incentive, pharmaceutical companies that conduct these studies might receive an extension of their medication patent for the product being tested ...  6, record 11, English, - medicine%20patent

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 CONT

La durée de vie du brevet de médicament avait été normalement fixée par le droit commun à vingt ans, mais compte-tenu d'une part du coût [...] de la durée de mise au point et des innombrables essais thérapeutiques en vue d'obtenir l'autorisation de mise sur le marché (A.M.M.) [...]  2, record 11, French, - brevet%20de%20m%C3%A9dicament

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Record 12,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Anticipation by public working... An invention claimed in a complete specification shall not be deemed to have been anticipated by reason only that at any time within one year before the priority date of the relevant claim of the specification, the invention was publicly worked in India... a) by the patentee or applicant for the patent or any person from whom be derives title...  2, record 12, English, - public%20working

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 OBS

of an invention  3, record 12, English, - public%20working

Record 12,  Textual support,  French

Record 12,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 13,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The Supreme Court of Canada held that a non-exclusive licensee under a patent is a person claiming under a patentee and has a statutory right to pursue a claim for damages against the infringer under section 55(1).  2, record 13, English, - person%20claiming%20under%20a%20patentee

Record 13,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[...] une personne «se réclamant» du breveté est une personne qui tire du breveté son droit d'utilisation de l'invention brevetée, à quelque degré que ce soit. Le droit d'employer une invention en est un dont le monopole est conféré par un brevet.  2, record 13, French, - personne%20se%20r%C3%A9clamant%20du%20brevet%C3%A9

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Record 14,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 CONT

It is well established that "it is not necessary to claim in a patent every device required to enable the invention to be used  2, record 14, English, - claim%20in%20a%20patent

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Record 14,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 15,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 15, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A disclaimer filed by a patentee under the patent laws of England whereby he disclaimed making any claim to certain rights to which he was not entitled in order to prevent the total loss of his patent.  2, record 15, English, - memorandum%20of%20alteration

Record 15,  Textual support,  French

Record 15,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 16,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 16, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Multiple priorities may be claimed in respect of one patent application not withstanding the fact that the priorities are based on patent applications filed in different countries and may be claimed for any one claim in a patent application but, where multiple priorities are claimed, the time limit set out in subsection(1) shall run from the earliest date of priority.  1, record 16, English, - multiple%20priorities

Record 16,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 16, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Des priorités multiples peuvent être réclamées pour une demande de brevet, même si elles sont fondées sur des demandes déposées dans des pays différents, et pour toute revendication contenue dans une demande de brevet.  1, record 16, French, - priorit%C3%A9s%20multiples

Record number: 16, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Les termes "multiple priorities" et "priorités multiples" sont tirés de la Loi sur les brevets, L.R. (1985), chapitre P-4, art. 28( 4).  1, record 16, French, - priorit%C3%A9s%20multiples

Record 16,  Textual support,  Spanish