Can an inventor publish the invention prior to a patent application or can he present it at a conference?

Can an inventor publish the invention prior to a patent application or can he present it at a conference?

No!Prior to any publication in journals or on posters or abstracts at conferences it is very important that the inventor reports the inventions sufficiently ahead of time so that a patent application is still possible. Otherwise, the published invention is state-of-the-art technology and cannot be patented anymore! Therefore, the Employee Invention Act (“Arbeitnehmererfinderrecht”) requires that in such cases the invention must be reported within the legally required time frames.

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