abandoned experiment

abandoned experiment. Patents. An unsuccessful attempt to reduce an invention to practice. • Unless it is publicly known, an abandoned experiment does not qualify as prior art under § 102 of the Patent Act, so it does not bar future patents.

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译者亚明，毕业于国内一流的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译各种与网络安全、隐私和数据保护相关的法律文件。