- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
-
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...
-
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
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...