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• Conception and reduction to practice of an invention. Also called "making an invention". Conception is the formation in the mind of the inventor of a definite and permanent idea of the invention. The reduction to practice may be a constructive reduction to practice (filing of a patent application containing sufficient disclosure to enable a person skilled in the art to make and use the invention) or an actual reduction to practice (making and testing the invention sufficiently to demonstrate to a person skilled in the art that it will work for its intented purpose). MPEP 2138.04, MPEP 2138.05, MPEP 2133.03(c), MPEP 2133.03(e)(3).

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Completion of Invention. (n.d.). Glossary of Patent Terms. Retrieved February 3, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/completion-of-invention.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Completion of Invention. www.webpatent.com. Glossary of Patent Terms. Robert M. Hunter, Ph.D.. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/completion-of-invention (accessed: February 3, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Completion of Invention." Glossary of Patent Terms. Robert M. Hunter, Ph.D.. 3 February. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/completion-of-invention.

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