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COMPETING INVENTOR [1 record]

Record 1 2014-02-21

English

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

An inventor’s disclosure made within the grace period will defeat a competing inventor’s subsequently filed application for the same invention. In that case, the inventor that is first to disclose the invention will be given priority, even if a competing inventor was first to file an application.

French

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

Spanish

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