Technical Disclosure Bulletins
The IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin was a technical publication produced by IBM between 1958 and 1998. The purpose of the Bulletin was to disclose inventions that IBM did not want their competitors to get patents on. The Bulletin was a form of defensive publication. By publishing the details of how to make and use the invention, patent examiners could have a searchable source of prior art that they could cite against subsequent patent applications filed by others on the same or similar inventions. The Bulletin has been cited over 48,000 times in various United States patents.Delphion Web sitehttp://www.delphion.com/search-prior_art#tdb retrieved on June 20, 2006 See also *United States Statutory Invention Registration In former United States patent law, a statutory invention registration (SIR) was a publication of an invention by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The publication was made at the request of the applicant (i.e. inventor(s) ... * Patent Co ...
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To publish is to make content available to the general public.Berne Convention, article 3(3)
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