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Simple English definitions for legal terms

abandoned, suppressed, or concealed

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A quick definition of abandoned, suppressed, or concealed:

Abandoned, Suppressed, or Concealed: This means that someone had an idea for an invention, but they didn't tell anyone about it or try to make it. It could have been on purpose or by accident. If someone else comes up with the same idea later and tries to patent it, the first person's idea might not count as "prior art" if they abandoned it or kept it secret. However, if they kept it secret after the idea became known to the public, it still counts as prior art.

A more thorough explanation:

ABANDONED, SUPPRESSED, OR CONCEALED

Abandoned, suppressed, or concealed refers to patents that have intentionally or accidentally been hidden from public notice, not reduced to practice, or not patented. If an inventor abandons the field to others or is held to have lost the right to patent by suppressing or concealing the invention, another person's earlier invention will not be considered prior art. However, if the suppression or concealment occurred after the art became known to the public, then it still qualifies as prior art.

Example 1: An inventor creates a new type of engine but decides not to patent it and instead keeps it a secret. This invention is considered abandoned, suppressed, or concealed.

Example 2: A company develops a new type of software but decides not to release it to the public and instead keeps it hidden. This invention is considered abandoned, suppressed, or concealed.

These examples illustrate how an invention can be considered abandoned, suppressed, or concealed if it is intentionally or accidentally hidden from public notice. In both examples, the inventions were not patented and were kept secret, making them ineligible for patent protection.

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Miami A, yall I'm so excited I could cry.
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[] baddestbunny
22:16
every time I get accosted by a strange man who follows me around because my male coworkers were too busy talking to walk me back to my car I get closer to saying we need to bring back traditional gender roles
Dkk
22:32
Nice! @Macaque
Dkk
22:32
@Aromatic, Have to guess.
Dkk
22:33
That sucks @Bunny do you have to go to the hospital?
[] baddestbunny
22:40
I said accosted not assaulted
23:35
guys. my notre dame address just went long is this good or bad
1a2b3c4d26z
23:37
Oooooo me too
23:37
omg is this good or bad
Dkk
23:47
Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
23:49
it looks like most people who applied in october last cycle didn't get a decision until january... does it even mean anything that our addresses went long??
hows ED 2 compared to ED 1?
Dkk
0:10
No idea
windyMagician
0:34
reporting live to say my ndls address also went long
does it mean anything ^
Dkk
2:21
NDLS and Fordham took a very long time last year. It's good info for people to know.
[] baddestbunny
4:29
let’s get after it boys and girls
Dkk
5:21
I gtg to bed soon.
Dkk
5:22
Big day today. Gunna be a crazy one. I will sleep through the first half.
good morning lsd it is 5 am EST
also jazzy my ndls address went long ages ago i sadly do not think it means anything
my stanford address also went long LOL i think at most it's an indicator it's under review
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
7:44
My berkeley paragraph finally disappeared. I definitely think it is just an indicator that they are actively reviewing files, and does not mean anything about A, WL, or Rs
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
7:46
Also has anyone's date disappeared for W&L? Mine did last night
7:55
@WorthlessAttractiveZombie: mine did yesterday morning
7:56
Oops sorry I meant Vilanova. Mine disappeared last week
soapy
8:48
UMN under review! As predicted, decisions are gonna come out early December
Minus those random R decisions from UMN yesterday though right? I wonder what happened there. I don’t think I’ve seen a school start the season out with anything but As on here
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