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NONPATENTABLE INVENTION [1 record]

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Record 1 2005-02-01

English

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

An early filing date can mean the difference between a patentable and an unpatentable invention. In the United States, a number of events can make an invention unpatentable if they occur more than one year before the earliest filing date ascribed to a patent application for that invention.

CONT

In the case of a non-patentable invention, inventorship will be determined under such principles by treating such invention as if it were patentable.

Key term(s)
  • nonpatentable invention

French

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Patentes de invención (Derecho)
  • Derecho de propiedad industrial e intelectual
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