Dictionary Search: "Interference"

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.

A quasi judicial body that reviews rejected patent applications and determines priority between rival patent applicants. See INTERFERENCE (2).

Interference

n. 1. The act of meddling in another's affairs. 2. An obstruction or hindrance. 3. Patents. An administrative proceeding in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to determine which applicant is entitled to the patent when two or more applicants claim the same invention. 0 This proceeding occurs when the same invention is claimed (1) in two pending applications, or (2) in one pending application and a

interference with a contractual relationship

See TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE WITH CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS.

patent issued within a year of the pending application's filing date. - interfere, ub. interference with a business relationship

See TORTIOUSINTERFERENCE WITH PROSPECTIVE ADVANTAGE.

tortious interference with contractual relations

A third party's intentional inducement of a contracting party to break a contract, causing damage to the relationship between the contracting parties. - Also termed unlawful interference with contractual relations; interference with a contractual relationship; inducement of breach of contract; procurement of breach of contract.

tortious interference with prospective advantage

An intentional, damaging intrusion on another's potential business relationship, such as the opportunity of obtaining customers or employment. - Also termed interference with a business relationship.

unlawful interference with contractual relations