- 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 (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...
- 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...
- 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...
-
Patent leather is a type of
coated leather that has a high-gloss finish. The
coating process was
introduced to the
United States and
improved by inventor...
- 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 office is a
governmental or
intergovernmental organization which controls the
issue of
patents. In
other words, "
patent offices are government...
-
Patent infringement is the
commission of a
prohibited act with
respect to a
patented invention without permission from the
patent holder.
Permission may...
- The
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an
international patent law treaty,
concluded in 1970. It
provides a
unified procedure for
filing patent applications...
