Confidentiality Inventor Public Domain Public Use 
IP Intelligence
JULY 19, 2024
The USPTO begins with a review of the duties of candor and good faith, confidentiality, and export regulations. Patent claims, for example, require that all claims have a significant contribution by a human inventor. USPTO Filings, Signatures and Accounts: All submissions must bear a personal signature from the practitioners.
Larson & Larson
FEBRUARY 13, 2021
This makes the term ‘prior art’ an important concept for inventors to understand. It’s the legal term for ‘thing that is exactly like my thing that was in the public before I made my thing.’ Often, the reason that the patent office will cite for rejecting an application is the presence of prior art.
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