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bdowling
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New USPTO Memo Makes Fighting Patent Trolls Even H...
A patent application is a constructive reduction to practice. MPEP 2138.05.
https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s2138.html#:~:tex...
analog31
3 months ago
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Indeed, but a constructive reduction to practice means that the inventor still has to describe how it can be done. And if it's impossible, then it's not a reduction to practice, just an invalid patent.
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