statutory bar

statutory bar. Patents. A patent-law provision that denies patent protection to inventors who wait too long to apply. • This “loss of right” may occur when an inventor publishes an article about the work, sells it, offers it for sale, or makes public use of the invention. The inventor has one year after the disclosure to apply for a patent. See BAR(7). Cf. GRACE PERIOD(2). [Cases: Patents 80. C.J.S. Patents §§ 105–106, 108–111.]

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词条贡献者

资深译员王漾，毕业于一所培养高级翻译以及跨文化事务专家的精英大学，专注翻译各种与税收策略及补贴有关的法律文件。