Prior art (also known as state of the art or background art) is a concept in patent law used to determine the patentability of an invention, in particular...

In the context of patent law, using the Internet as a source of prior art when assessing whether an invention is novel and inventive (two conditions for...

a forum for crowdsourcing prior art to invalidate patents. Several authors have argued for developing defensive prior art to prevent patenting based...

of the art" is a concept used in the process of assessing and asserting novelty and inventive step, and is a synonym of the expression "prior art". In the...

starting from the prior art, then the particular invention is considered not patentable. In some patent laws, the person skilled in the art is also used as...

the N1, a mobile phone manufactured by the Swedish company Neonode, as prior art for Apple's design. The British court specifically ruled that Apple's...

by the closest prior art, to modify or adapt said closest prior art while taking account of that teaching [the teaching of the prior art, not just the...

provisional application expires, does not get published, and does not become a prior art to other patent applications. No enforceable rights can be obtained solely...

reexamined in light of the new prior art. The reexamination serial number is 90/005,949. In response to the new prior art cited, Smucker's narrowed the...

these weak follow-up patents in courts is obviousness in view of the prior art, which was not considered by the examiner. Nevertheless, the authors conclude...

skill in the art; Some teaching, suggestion, or motivation in the prior art that would have led one of ordinary skill to modify the prior art reference or...

The documents mentioned in the search report usually form part of the prior art. Letters are often included in search reports established for patent applications...

infringers far beyond the patent's actual value or contribution to the prior art, often through hardball legal tactics (frivolous litigation, vexatious...

Edward Prior may refer to: Edward Gawler Prior (1853–1920), Canadian politician Edward Schroeder Prior (1857–1932), art professor at Cambridge University...

that the prior art can somehow be modified (or combined) in order to teach the claimed technology. So long as the modification of the prior art (or combination...

consists in three steps: identifying the closest prior art, i.e. the most relevant piece of prior art or a suitable starting point for assessing inventive...

Mark William Prior (born September 7, 1980) is an American former professional baseball pitcher and current coach. A onetime top prospect of the Chicago...

Terravision. Art+Com agreed to rename their product because SRI's came first. Because Art+Com did not include reference to SRI's TerraVision as "prior art" in...

complete for a skilled person in the art to be able to carry out the invention, and whether the subject-matter of a prior art disclosure is enabling. The common...

updated in 2012 with coverage of the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Prior Art Finder tool. In 2013, it was expanded to cover World Intellectual Property...

respective constitutions. Prior restraint can be effected in a number of ways. For example, the exhibition of works of art or a movie may require a license...

that an important area of focus should be collaboration on searching prior art in the business method field. In November 2001, the Trilateral Offices...

before attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). He graduated from RADA in 2012. Prior's West End debut was in 2013 in a trio of plays produced...

These requests were based on said members of the public submitting new prior art that could raise "substantial new question of patentability" as to the...

through what is called the prior art is usually performed, the term "art" referring to the relevant technical field. A prior art search is generally performed...

general field of the invention—such already-known material is termed the prior art, and to obtain drawings and written notes regarding the features of the...

invention; the state of the prior art; the relative skill of those in the art; the predictability or unpredictability of the art; and the breadth of the claims...

compare it to the prior art. This involves reading and understanding a patent application, searching the prior art (including prior patent applications...

"new invention" means any invention that has not been anticipated in any prior art or used in the country or anywhere in the world. Invention has a long...

covering a general inventive concept if there is at that point no relevant prior art. Later, a specific implementation of that concept might be patentable...