JUNIOR PARTY

By SovConn | June 8, 2013

junior party.Patents. In an interference proceeding, the party or parties who did not file the patent application first. • A junior party has the burden of proving that he or she is the first inventor. Cf. SENIOR PARTY. [Cases: Patents 106(1). C.J.S. Patents §§ 159–162, 165.]

[Blacks Law 8th]

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