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Mr. Tom Posted 11 years ago
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Concede outside influences...

Hi

Could you please explain the underlined part to me?

It's not hard to imagine that one or all of these parties made unacknowledged contributions, sine the United States Patent and Trademark Office will not issue a patent if the inventor concedes outside influences.

Thanks,

Tom
  

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In the US, a patent has to be something new. If the person who applies for recognition of his supposed innovation (the inventor) concedes (admits to) using the already-existing ideas of others (outside influences), then the Patent Office won't consider that the application is for something truly new enough to qualify for a patent. , the person who applied for the patent didn't disclose the contributions from others.

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  • In the US, a patent has to be something new.
  • If the person who applies for recognition of his supposed innovation (the inventor) concedes (admits to) using the already-existing ideas of others (outside influences), then the Patent Office won't consider that the application is for something truly new enough to qualify for a patent.
  • , the person who applied for the patent didn't disclose the contributions from others.
  • Because if he had, he wouldn't have been issued the patent in the first place.
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In the US, a patent has to be something new. If the person who applies for recognition of his supposed innovation (the inventor) concedes (admits to) using the already-existing ideas of others (outside influences), then the Patent Office won't consider that the application is for something truly new enough to qualify for a patent.

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