Interference proceedings have been replaced by Derivation proceedings due to the America Invents Act (AIA). Do not take this blog post or any post on this website as legal advice. In this post, you will learn more about reduction to practice and what it means during interference proceedings.
Read MoreThese concepts are applicable in patents with no claims on or after September 16, 2013. This is the date of the enactment of the America Invents Act (AIA)....Here is an analysis of the above example. Inventor A happens to "come up with the idea" first. This is called conception.
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