The term of a patent is the maximum time during which it can be maintained in force. It is usually expressed in a number of years either starting from...

United States law, a patent is a right granted to the inventor of a (1) process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, (2) that is...

Under United States patent law, the term of patent, provided that maintenance fees are paid on time, is 20 years from the filing date of the earliest U.S...

variations on what is patentable subject matter from country to country, also among WTO member states. TRIPS also provides that the term of protection available...

Academic term, part of a year at school or university Term of office, a set period a person serves in an elected office Term of patent, the period of enforcement...

States signed the TRIPS Agreement of the WTO in 1995, the standard patent term of 20 years under United States patent law has been measured from the original...

In Japanese patent law, F-term is a system for classifying Japanese patent documents according to the technical features of the inventions described in...

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...

European Patent Organisation and providing an autonomous legal system according to which European patents are granted. The term European patent is used...

business, patent trolling or patent hoarding is a categorical or pejorative term applied to a person or company that attempts to enforce patent rights against...

the term "patent pending" refers to an invention in respect of which a patent application has been filed at the patent office but for which a patent has...

The Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act (Public Law 98-417), informally known as the Hatch-Waxman Act, is a 1984 United States federal...

sale patented technology without permission/license from the patentee, during the term of the patent and within the country that issued the patent, is...

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...

"the term 'state of the art' requires little proof on the part of advertisers", as it is considered mere puffery. The use of the term in patent law "does...

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...

This is a list of legal terms relating to patents and patent law. A patent is not a right to practice or use the invention claimed therein, but a territorial...

with respect to a patented invention Patent thicket, a negatively connotated term for an overlapping set of patent rights Orange-Book-Standard, a German...

the event of a lawsuit. The option of extending an existing patent's term for an additional seven years, making the maximum term of patent 21 years. (This...

patent portfolio may also be used to encourage investment. Because patents have a fixed lifespan (term of patent), elements of a portfolio of patents...

Treaty) Useful (in U.S. patent law) or be susceptible of industrial application (in European patent law) Usually the term "patentability" only refers to the...

The European patent with unitary effect, also known as the unitary patent, is a European patent which benefits from unitary effect in the participating...

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...

owner's improper use of patent rights, speaking very generally, to expand the scope or term of the patent. Examples of such patent misuse include forcing...

overview of and topical guide to patents: Patent – set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or assignee for a limited period of time...

States patent law. Patent law has changed to address new technologies, and decisions of the United States Supreme Court and United States Court of Appeals...

This page is one of a series listing English translations of notable Latin phrases, such as veni, vidi, vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves...

procedures relating to patent law and practice, such as filing patent applications and oppositions to granted patents. The term "patent attorney" is used differently...

Europe-wide patent may refer to: Unitary patent, a European Union project to create a unitary patent in most EU member states European patents, granted by...

There is no such thing as a "provisional patent". The same term is used in past and current patent laws of different countries with different meanings...