- 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...
-
procedures relating to
patent law and practice, such as
filing patent applications and
oppositions to
granted patents. The term "
patent attorney" is used differently...
- 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...
- 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...
- "
Patent pending" (sometimes
abbreviated by "pat. pend." or "pat. pending") or "
patent applied for" are
legal designations or
expressions that can be used...
- 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...
- 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...
