statutory invention registration

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 abandonment of the patent application. If an alternative form of disclosure is used, the prior-art reference’s effective date is the date of publication. — Abbr. SIR. See DEFENSIVE DISCLOSURE. [Cases: Patents 115. C.J.S. Patents § 210.]

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词条贡献者

资深译员玉晶，毕业于国内顶尖的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译各类与环境、安全与健康相关的法律文件。