- A
patent is a type of
intellectual property that
gives its
owner the
legal right to
exclude others from making, using, or
selling an
invention for a limited...
- of law, an
invention is
patentable if it
meets the
relevant legal conditions to be
granted a
patent. By extension,
patentability also
refers to the substantive...
-
letters patent has
evolved into the
modern intellectual property patent (referred to as a
utility patent or
design patent in
United States patent law) granting...
- States, a
design patent is a form of
legal protection granted to the
ornamental design of an
article of manufacture.
Design patents are a type of industrial...
- An
essential patent or standard-essential
patent (SEP) is a
patent that
claims an
invention that must be used to
comply with a
technical standard. Standard-setting...
- per reg. lit. etc. by
royal letters by
letters patent; of
academic degrees:
awarded by
letters patent from the King/Queen,
rather than by a University...
- "
Patent pending" (sometimes
abbreviated by "pat. pend." or "pat. pending") or "
patent applied for" are
legal designations or
expressions that can be used...
-
Patent leather is a type of
coated leather that has a high-gloss finish. In general,
patent leather is a fine
grain leather that is
treated to give it...
- The
United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) is an
agency in the U.S.
Department of
Commerce that
serves as the
national patent office and trademark...
-
Patent,
patent, patently, or
patency in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
patent is a set of
rights granted by a
government to an inventor.
Patent may...