Attempting to patent an invention that is the same subject matter as another invention by the same inventor, when the first invention has already been patented or has a pending patent application. • Any double patenting is grounds for invalidating a patent claim or rejecting a claim in a patent application. 35 USCA § 101. […]
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Rejection of a patent application on the ground that the invention is the same subject matter as an already-patented invention by the same inventor. • This rejection is based on 35 USCA § 101. — Also termed same-invention double-patenting rejection. [Cases: Patents 120.]
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same-invention double patenting rejection. See statutory double patenting rejection under REJECTION.
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same-invention double patenting. See statutory double patenting under DOUBLE PATENTING.
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double patenting. 1. Obtaining two patents covering the same invention. • An inventor is not allowed to receive more than one patent on one invention. — Also termed same-invention double patenting. [Cases: Patents 120.] 2. The issuance or obtaining of a patent for an invention that differs from an already patented invention only in some