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in·ter·fer·ence n1 a: the act or an instance of interferinginterference with contractb: something that interferes2: a hearing to determine the priority of invention at issue in a patent dispute
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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antagonism, antipathy, bar, barrier, censure, check, collision, conflict, contravention, damper, disapproval, disturbance, encumbrance, fetter, friction, frustration, hindrance, impediment, imposition, infringement, interception, intercession, intermediacy, interposition, interruption, intervention, intrusion, invasion, meddling, nuisance, obstruction, onus, opposition, prohibition, resistance, restraint, setback, stricture, stumbling block
associated concepts: contempt, frustration of contract, interference with contractual relations
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bar (obstruction), barrier, check (bar), collision (dispute), conflict, damper (stopper), deterrence, deterrent, disadvantage, embargo, encroachment, encumbrance, fetter, filibuster, frustration, handicap, hiatus, hindrance, impediment, imposition (excessive burden), infringement, intercession, interruption, intervention (imposition into a lawsuit), intrusion, invasion, mediation, molestation, nuisance, obstruction, onus (burden), opposition, prohibition, resistance, restraint, veto
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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An administrative proceeding before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to determine who gets the patent in situations where two pending applications (or a pending application and a patent issued within one year of the pending applications filing date) both claim the same invention.Category: Patent, Copyright & Trademark → Patent Law
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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In the law of patents, the presence of two pending applications, or an existing patent and a pending application that encompass an identical invention or discovery.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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In the law of patents, the presence of two pending applications, or an existing patent and a pending application that encompass an identical invention or discovery.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
