disclosure document program

Disclosure Document Program. Patents. A U.S. Patent and Trademark Office program allowing an inventor to file a preliminary description of an invention and establish its date of conception before applying for a patent. • The document can help establish a date of inventive effort for use in a later interference. — Abbr. DDP. Cf. provisional application under PATENT APPLICATION. [Cases: Patents 97. C.J.S. Patents §§ 135–138, 145, 178.]

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资深译员Grace，毕业于一所培养最顶级翻译人才的语言学院，擅长翻译各类与商业诉讼及争议相关的法律文件。