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So, considering that they filed this patent in 2002, there are three years of prior art to consider.

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Quick take

To corrupt.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of filed gathered in one view.

verb

To corrupt.

verb

(transitive) To commit (official papers) to some office.

verb

(transitive) (of a journalist) To submit (an article) to a newspaper or similar publication.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for filed.

verb

To corrupt.

verb

(transitive) To commit (official papers) to some office.

verb

(transitive) (of a journalist) To submit (an article) to a newspaper or similar publication.

verb

(transitive) To place in an archive in a logical place and order.

Example sentences

So, considering that they filed this patent in 2002, there are three years of prior art to consider.

The federal antitrust commission intervened after banks filed a lawsuit to stop Sofort from using their websites.

When she decides somebody needs to be prosecuted, she talks about it on her show until charges are filed.

They went to the police and filed a complaint, mentioning that Yu had falsified their mortgage application.

A case has just been filed by the Hamburg state government, but that can easily take years to go through courts.

It doesn't matter when the patent was granted - it matters when it was filed.

I wrote a patent for automated actor replacement in filmed media in '05, filed it globally, and it began being awarded in '08 in the various regions it was filed.

DRI filed a complaint with the DOJ along with many other companies against Microsoft.

Maybe the son filed a change of address card when he moved out.

I am never surprised to see that software patent trials are always filed in the eastern district of Texas.

Realizing a hole in the patent landscape, I filed to protect what I was doing.

Even if you don't use any online services yourself, you still probably have credit cards and insurance and a driver's license and have filed tax returns.

Quote examples

The biggest factor for that is not the validity of the patents, but the breadth and ability of the patents to be filed against "juicy" targets with a lot of cash.