grammatical correctness and sense of the sentence

English translation: correct

08:33 May 13, 2002
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Law/Patents
English term or phrase: grammatical correctness and sense of the sentence
Declaration as to non-prejudicial disclosures or exceptions to lack of novelty

[is it correct and if so what does it mean?]
kgas
Selected answer:correct
Explanation:
meaning: it sounds to like somebody has been accused of divulging confidential details of an invention for which a patent application has been made. The reply is that the information divulged was either unimportant or in the public domain (non-prejudicial disclosure) or that the invention is not worthy of patent protection as it does not improve on the state of the art (exceptions (pleas) to lack of novelty)
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MJ Barber
Spain
Local time: 16:10
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Thank you! Now it's clear to me.
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4 +1correct
MJ Barber
5If this is meant to be a complete sentence, it is incorrect.
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correct


Explanation:
meaning: it sounds to like somebody has been accused of divulging confidential details of an invention for which a patent application has been made. The reply is that the information divulged was either unimportant or in the public domain (non-prejudicial disclosure) or that the invention is not worthy of patent protection as it does not improve on the state of the art (exceptions (pleas) to lack of novelty)

MJ Barber
Spain
Local time: 16:10
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 75
Grading comment
Thank you! Now it's clear to me.

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agree  Сергей Лузан
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
If this is meant to be a complete sentence, it is incorrect.


Explanation:
Whilst the previous explanation is clear (I don't have any light to shed on the matter of patents), where is the verb? This is not a complete sentence. Whilst I understand that lawyers and sollicitors tend to do the funkiest things with the English language, this sentence is incomplete from a purely syntactic point of view.

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