- interference proceeding
- A proceeding before officers of the Patent Office for the purpose of determining the relative priority of two inventions which conflict with each other. 40 Am J1st Pat § 73.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
interference proceeding
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