the patent office depend on the applicant's status. The statuses include the "large entity" status and the "small entity" status. The "micro entity" status...

Under 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)...

In international law and business, patent trolling or patent hoarding is a categorical or pejorative term applied to a person or company that attempts...

of patent law terms – Large and small entities in patent law – Patentability – meeting the relevant legal conditions to be granted a patent. By extension...

Micro entity may refer to: A form of legal person in patent law, see Large and small entities in patent law Small and medium-sized enterprises#United...

time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention. In most countries, patent rights fall under private law and the patent holder...

surveying and documentation, followed by the letter's signing, sealing, and publishing in public records, made by a sovereign entity. While land patents are...

uniqueness in form. Software patents can afford smaller companies market protection by preventing larger companies from stealing work done by a smaller organization...

The Bayh–Dole Act or Patent and Trademark Law Amendments Act (Pub. L. 96-517, December 12, 1980) is U.S. legislation permitting ownership by contractors...

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...

programs and the Patent Cooperation Treaty Software patents under national laws: Software patents under United States patent law Software patents under United...

Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant legislative change to the U.S. patent system...

European patent law covers a range of legislations including national patent laws, the Strasbourg Convention of 1963, the European Patent Convention of...

Jacobi disclosed small and cheap hearing aids as typical industrial applications of his patent. An immediate commercial use of his patent has not been reported...

maintain a granted patent in force. Some patent laws require the payment of maintenance fees for pending patent applications. Not all patent laws require the...

knowledge and genetic resources of farming and indigenous communities by individuals or institutions seeking exclusive monopoly control through patents or intellectual...

examination fee was only $1,600 for large entities; at $800 for small-entities status; and at $400 for micro-entities status. In comparison, for the same application...

individuals can own shares in corporations and other legal entities, but do not necessarily own the entities themselves. A legal entity is a legal construct...

is a concept in patent law used to determine the patentability of an invention, in particular whether an invention meets the novelty and the inventive...

While patent laws are written to apply to all inventions, whether mechanical, pharmaceutical, or electronic, the interpretations of patent law made by...

RPI had asserted patent 9936086 at least 20 times against other entities before that patent was finally canceled. And before and since, RPI has filed...

legal and financial control over the subsidiary company. Unlike regional branches or divisions, subsidiaries are considered to be distinct entities from...

In the United States, antitrust law is a collection of mostly federal laws that govern the conduct and organization of businesses in order to promote economic...

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

its patent infringement suits against some small companies, and then expanded its litigation to go after larger ones. Typhoon alleged that Apple and others...

property law has also been established by government legislation, administrative regulations, and decrees in the areas of trademark, copyright, and patent. China...

imperative requirements in the general interest" and proportionately applied. All people or entities that engage in economic activity, particularly the self-employed...

A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law. The primary service rendered by a law firm is to advise...

law allows universities, small tech startup and other patent owners to file complaints that specify what products they think infringe their patents....

non-practicing entities—so-called "patent trolls"—to use this court to seek litigation and settlements from larger companies. The Court ruled unanimously in favor...