granted therefore

English translation: granted for that purpose

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English term or phrase:	granted therefore
Selected answer:	granted for that purpose
Entered by:	Yvonne Gallagher

10:04 Apr 28, 2021

English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Law: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright

English term or phrase: granted therefore

I am translating the following invention assignment form:

‘’I, the undersigned:
YYYYY
(Hereinafter called the "Assignor"), hereby assign and transfer to:
XXXXX
(Hereinafter called the "Assignee"), its successors, assignees, nominees or other legal representatives, 100% of my right, title and interest in and to the invention entitled:
AAAAAAAA
and in and to any patent originating from this invention, and all original and reissued patents granted therefore, and all divisions and continuations thereof, including the right to apply and obtain patents in all other countries, the priority rights under International Conventions, and the Patents which may be granted thereon.’’

I am not clear about the meaning of the phrase ''granted therefore'' as used in this context. I assume that it is not a misprint of ‘’therefor’’.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Grzegorz Mysiński KudoZ activity Questions: 1925 (none open) (45 closed without grading) Answers: 1782 Poland
Local time: 08:58

granted for that purpose

Explanation:
as discussed in Dbox

4 of us English natives think it is an error in the source text and should be therefor

Ideally, the client/author would correct the source but if not, no point in extending the errror into Polish. So I'd translate it as "therefor" as below

[...and in and to any patent originating from this invention, and all original and reissued patents granted therefor/for that purpose]

=patents stemming from the invention and those that need to be granted for the purpose of the invention,...

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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 07:58

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4 +3

granted for that purpose

Yvonne Gallagher

granted derived therefrom

Charlesp

4 -5

granted as a result

Kiet Bach

Discussion entries: 9

Grzegorz Mysiński

Poland

ASKER

19:18 Apr 30, 2021

Thank you all for your time and input!

Yvonne Gallagher

Ireland

@ Asker

07:41 Apr 29, 2021

Yes, that's what I assumed. So, if client can't clarify or change the source I'd translate it as "therefor"

Grzegorz Mysiński

Poland

ASKER

07:02 Apr 29, 2021

Now I see I didn't make it clear - I'm translating from English into Polish.

Yvonne Gallagher

Ireland

@ Asker

23:56 Apr 28, 2021

Are you translating out of English here? I think you need to go back to client, preferably the author, to get them to clarify as it certainly looks like a typo to me in this context. But our role is to point out errors in the source rather than correct them. Though I would go ahead and translate it as if it said therefor/"for that (purpose)"

Lisa Rosengard

United Kingdom

formally provided, consequently

21:57 Apr 28, 2021

'The assignor transfers to the assignee:
the title and interest to the invention entitle A-A, and in and to any patent originating from the invention and all original reissued patents granted therefore.'
In diction 'therefore' can be 'consequently', 'as a result' or 'that being so'.
The other spelling 'therefor' is 'in exchange of' or 'in return for'.
In the information I couldn't find anything to say what the transfer of the patent rights could be in return for, or in exchange of.
The initial answer could be OK.

Yvonne Gallagher

Ireland

@ all

13:11 Apr 28, 2021

agree it should be "therefor" here. i can't say that I have seen it before with a final "e" at all in this context and/or with the meaning of "for that" (rather than "because") Here is a link that may help illustrate the difference for you https://writingexplained.org/therefor-or-therefore-differenc...

Christine Andersen

Denmark

My first thought too

12:01 Apr 28, 2021

It should be therefor IMHO.
Although you would think this is a standard situation, and the drafter should know the difference, I read a lot of patents in an earlier life :-) -- and they are definitely not always free from errors of that sort!

Mark Robertson

@Asker

11:19 Apr 28, 2021

I agree with Tony. See the huge entry on confusion between therefore and therefor on pages 878 - 879 of A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage, Bryan A. Garner, 2nd Ed..

Therefore means "for that reason" or "consequently". Therefor means "for that" or "for it".

Tony M

France

@ Asker

11:16 Apr 28, 2021

I believe it does here have the meaning of 'therefor' = 'for that'; however, I'm not entirely sure that when used with this sense, both 'therefor' and 'wherefor' are actually spelt (or can be?) with the final 'e' (cf. the usage in German) — and of course "Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?"

Answers

6 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): -5

granted as a result

Explanation:
Therefore: consequently; as a result.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/therefore

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... and in and to any patent originating from this invention, and all original and reissued patents granted therefore, ...

means,

... and in and to any patent originating from this invention, and all original and reissued patents granted as a result (of any patent originating from this invention), ...

Kiet Bach
United States
Local time: 23:58
Native speaker of:

Chinese

1 day 21 hrs confidence:

granted derived therefrom

Explanation:
"... may be granted derived therefrom.’’

If you are translating from English, then it doesn't really matter how it is expressed (in the source), as long as you understand it. - you aren't editing and not producing a 'better' English text. So don't fret - simply translate the meaning.

(anyway, it is legal English, and intentionally is not supposed to be clear and unambiguous.)

Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 08:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

21 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

granted for that purpose

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 07:58
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

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Thank you Yvonne!

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