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Before the invention of something; applied to legal agreements in which an employee agrees to assign to his/her employer the rights to any invention he/she later creates while employed..
Use preinvention when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Preinvention means Before the invention of something; applied to legal agreements in which an employee agrees to assign to his/her employer the rights to any invention he/she later creates while employed..
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