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all-claims rule

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A quick definition of all-claims rule:

All-Claims Rule: A rule that used to say a patent is not valid unless every person listed as an inventor helped create every part of the invention. However, this rule is no longer used, and now inventors can apply for a patent together even if they didn't all contribute to every part of the invention.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: The all-claims rule was a doctrine that stated a patent would be considered invalid if every inventor named in the patent did not make an inventive contribution to every claim in the patent. However, this doctrine has been abandoned.

For example, if a patent had three inventors and ten claims, each inventor would have to contribute to all ten claims for the patent to be valid under the all-claims rule. However, this is no longer the case.

Under Section 116 of the Patent Act, inventors can now apply for a patent jointly even if they did not make a contribution to every claim in the patent. This means that if one inventor contributed to five claims and another inventor contributed to the other five claims, the patent can still be valid.

Overall, the all-claims rule was a strict requirement for patent validity that has since been relaxed. Now, inventors can apply for a patent jointly even if they did not contribute to every claim in the patent.

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Dkk
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Commits to kys when I commit to kms the same day. What a crazy november 5th.
[] baddestbunny
16:02
kms isn't even a t50 you should r&r
does anyone ever think about how we have no idea who everyone else here is? like you guys dont know me at all thats so crazy cause i talked to you more than ppl irl today
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HopefullyInLawSchool
16:03
isnt r&r a t50?
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[] baddestbunny
16:04
living out the plot of the movie unfriended in the yale invite-only webinar
You were only invited to round out the numbers anyway lol
Dkk
16:05
I'm too old to r&r, just gunna kms rn.
Dkk
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Dkk
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washu stop emailing me while I’m waiting for a decision challenge
[] baddestbunny
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I'm not in their webinar I just thought it would be a funny thing to have happen
[] baddestbunny
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bc I have a sense of whimsy and imagination
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shaquilleoatmeal
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battle of the bunnies
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bunny hows it looking out there?
[] baddestbunny
16:08
I just think it's weird when a make a joke about everyone in the yale webinar being tortured by a malevolent spirit and someone says you only got invited to round out the numbers
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[] baddestbunny
16:09
which number am I rounding out? 5'4 women who deserve to be tortured?
someone invited to the yale webinar would get it
[] baddestbunny
16:10
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