英语释义

1. knowledge that is publicly available (as from the description in an already existing patent, from publications, or from public use or sale) before the date of filing a claim for a patent for an invention
a finding by the judge that there was no advancement of design in the new invention over the prior art

2. the processes, devices, and modes of achieving the end of an alleged invention that were known or knowable by due diligence before and at the date of the invention also the knowledge or description of such processes, devices, or modes —used chiefly in patent law

片语

the prior art先前技术

With The Prior Art与现有技术

prior-art search事前技术调研

advantages over prior art优于现有技术

prior r art先有技术

prior art patent到所引证的前案专利

disclaimer of prior art对先有技术的卸弃

the prior art defense现有技术抗辩

英汉例句

• these might have to do with things like prior art and tips on writing better patents.

  这些标记可能与诸如现有技术和有关编写更好的专利申请的技巧等事情有关。

• various means have been used in the prior art to determine the velocity of projectiles undergoing development.

  在先前技术发展的基础上，已经使用各种不同的方法来确定射弹的速度。

• as with conventional patent applications, examiners will still choose which prior art is referred to in their decision on a patent application, known as an 「office action」.

  按照传统程序，审查员还要判断出哪种先前技术在他们看来与专利案有关，这就是「官方行为」。

• peer to patent builds on these ideas, especially the notion that practitioners and researchers within a particular field collectively have all the relevant prior art at their fingertips already.

  「peertopatent」基于这些想法，尤其是把所有相关的先前技术放在同一个领域的从业者和研究者的手边的主意。

• (in america, third parties are allowed to submit only prior art without comments under the current system.)

  （在美国当前的系统下，第三方仅可以提交先前技术，不能发表评论。）

• they can discuss each application in an online forum, suggest examples of prior art, and vote for the prior art they consider most relevant.

  他们可以到在线的论坛上讨论某个申请，提出潜在的先前技术，并为他们认为最相关先前技术投票。

• inventors and patent lawyers—who currently depend on the patent office's collection of patents and prior art when conducting prior-art searches—should gain, too.

  在搜索先前技术时，投资者和专利律师现在依赖专利办公室所收集的专利和先前技术，他们也应当获得帮助。

• eventually, the ten pieces of prior art that receive most votes in the peer to patent community perusing each patent are sent to the patent examiner.

  最终，在peertopatent社区获得最多投票的十种先前技术被交给专利审查员。

• prior art is also the basis for determining whether some new step claimed in the invention is obvious—and therefore not worthy of a patent.

  先前技术也将决定此项发明中所声称的新措施其实显而易见——因此配不上是一项专利。

• even if no prior art can be found and a patent is granted, it may still not meet the requisite obviousness standard.

  就算找不到先前技术，而且专利获準，这个专利仍然可能过不了「非显而易见」的标準。