paper patent

paper patent
A term familiar in the fraternity of patent lawyers. A term applied in scorn or derision in the arguments of patent attorneys to the invention or discovery of the adverse party, meaning that it has never been put into commercial use, never been recognized by the trade, and its possessor has received no royalty for its license. Coltman v Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Co. (CA7 Ind) 104 F2d 508.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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