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statutory invention registration

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statutory invention registration. Patents. An official procedure for placing an invention in the public domain by publishing the patent abstract (which is included with the invention’s original application) in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Official Gazette, thus making the abstract a prior-art reference as of the application’s filing date. • The process results in […]

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defensive disclosure

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defensive disclosure. Patents. The deliberate publication of details about an invention in order to render it prior art and preclude others from getting a patent on the same invention. • This can be done formally, by filing for public disclosure through the Statutory Invention Registration and publishing the abstract in the Official Gazette of the

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