Assertion: inventor's invention | /r/CapableOf | act as an expounder of the patent law
Facets:
value: as counselor for individuals
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The Office cannot respond to inquiries concerning the novelty and patentability of an invention prior to the filing of an application; give advice as to possible infringement of a patent; advise of the propriety of filing an application; respond to inquiries as to whether, or to whom, any alleged invention has been patented; act as an expounder of the patent law or as counselor for individuals, except in deciding questions arising before it in regularly filed cases.