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In the law of Patents, the presence of two pending applications, or an existing patent and a pending application that encompass an identical invention or discovery. When interference exists, the Patent and Trademark Office conducts an investigation to ascertain the priority of invention between the conflicting applications, or the application and the patent. A patent is customarily granted to the earlier invention. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Strohmayer notes that the intense waves will be prime targets for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, a gravitational-wave detector scheduled for launch early next decade. The width of the interferometer becomes rather large, about 12. Caltech is the headquarters for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, which in conjunction with MIT collects data from two observatories in the U. |
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