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...

per reg. lit. etc. by royal letters by letters patent; of academic degrees: awarded by letters patent from the King/Queen, rather than by a University...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A biological patent is a patent on an invention in the field of biology that by law allows the patent holder to exclude others from making, using, selling...

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...

The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international patent law treaty, concluded in 1970. It provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications...

A patent office is a governmental or intergovernmental organization which controls the issue of patents. In other words, "patent offices are government...

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

"Patent pending" (sometimes abbreviated by "pat. pend." or "pat. pending") or "patent applied for" are legal designations or expressions that can be used...

The Benz Patent-Motorwagen ("patent motorcar"), built in 1885 by the German Karl Benz, is widely regarded as the first practical modern automobile and...

Patent infringement is the commission of a prohibited act with respect to a patented invention without permission from the patent holder. Permission may...

A chemical patent, pharmaceutical patent or drug patent is a patent for an invention in the chemical or pharmaceuticals industry. Strictly speaking, in...

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...

Tesla was an inventor who obtained around 300 patents worldwide for his inventions. Some of Tesla's patents are not accounted for, and various sources have...

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...

Patentleft is the practice of licensing patents (especially biological patents) for royalty-free use, on the condition that adopters license related improvements...

A patent war is a "battle" between corporations or individuals to secure patents for litigation, whether offensively or defensively. There are ongoing...

The European patent with unitary effect, also known as the unitary patent, is a European patent which benefits from unitary effect in the 17 participating...

A patent medicine (sometimes called a proprietary medicine) is a non-prescription medicine or medicinal preparation that is typically protected and advertised...

patent office. Patent examiners review patent applications to determine whether the invention(s) claimed in each of them should be granted a patent or...

A patent family is a set of patents or patent applications in various countries in relation to a single invention, for example when a first application...

The Waldo Patent, a letters patent also known as the Muscongus Patent or the Lincolnshire Patent, was a document granting title to 36 square miles (9,300 ha)...

A submarine patent is a patent whose issuance and publication are intentionally delayed by the applicant for a long time, which can be several years, or...