INFORMATION-DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

information-disclosure statement.Patents. A document submitted in the patent-application process in which the inventor reveals all relevant prior art during the patentability search. • The statement must disclose all known patents, publications, and other references of prior art. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office provides a form, “Information Disclosure Citation,” for this purpose.

— Abbr. IDS. — Also termed statement of prior-art references. [Cases: Patents 97. C.J.S.

Patents §§ 135–138, 145, 178.]

[Blacks Law 8th]