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Tech/Engineering - Law: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright / purchasing terms and conditions | | Dutch term or phrase: bekende techniek | This term appears in a patent application filed in NL in 1984, in the following context (part of the description) (the patent relates to an sound reproduction system):
'Fig. 2 toont in zeer systematische vorm een stereo-uitvoering van de uitvinding.... In tegenstelling tot de bekende techniek worden de beide ingangssignalen aan variabele versterkers toegevoerd, die in het bijzonder het eigenschaap hebben de frequentiekarakteristieken van de overgedragen signaal te beïnvloeden.'
Would this be 'prior art', or is a translation closer to the original more desirable? |
| Ken CoxKudoZ activityQuestions: 232 (none open) ( 1 closed without grading) Answers: 4219
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| | the prior art | Explanation:
Dit is de standaardterm in octrooidocumenten. Prior art wordt ook wel vertaald met 'stand der techniek', maar 'bekende techniek' komt ook veel voor, vooral bij een van de grootste telecombedrijven (en meest actieve octrooiaanvragers!)in Nederland.
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Note added at 21 hrs (2006-01-28 09:19:53 GMT)
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Dit staat overigens ook in de (niet-gepubliceerde en niet vrij beschikbare) glossary van dit telecombedrijf. Als tweede mogelijkheid wordt 'state of the art' genoemd, maar volgens mij komt dat niet veel voor. |
| Selected response from:
 Jack den Haan
Netherlands
Local time: 05:17
| Grading comment As this is what I used, it gets the points, but I'm also putting some of the other answers in the glossary. In this particular case, 'prior art' seems appropriate because the text deals with the invention as a whole instead of a method for doing something.
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17 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +4 current or existing technique or technology
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I feel that's what they mean, that in comparison with the current or existing technique they've added something new.
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