- 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...
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Letters patent (Latin:
litterae patentes) (always in the plural) are a type of
legal instrument in the form of a
published written order issued by a monarch...
- 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...
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starting from the
filing date of the
patent application or from the date of
grant of the
patent. In most
patent laws,
annuities or
maintenance fees have...
- A
biological patent is a
patent on an
invention in the
field of
biology that by law
allows the
patent holder to
exclude others from making, using, selling...
- A
software patent is a
patent on a
piece of software, such as a
computer program, libraries, user interface, or algorithm. A
patent is a set of exclusionary...
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Patentleft is the
practice of
licensing patents (especially
biological patents) for royalty-free use, on the
condition that
adopters license related improvements...
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Patent infringement is the
commission of a
prohibited act with
respect to a
patented invention without permission from the
patent holder.
Permission may...
- business,
patent trolling or
patent ****ding is a
categorical or
pejorative term
applied to a
person or
company that
attempts to
enforce patent rights against...
- A
patent application is a
request pending at a
patent office for the
grant of a
patent for an
invention described in the
patent specification and a set...