non-convention patent
1Patent application — A patent application is a request pending at a patent office for the grant of a patent for the invention described and claimed by that application. An application consists of a description of the invention (the patent specification ), together… …
2Patent examiner — A patent examiner or patent clerk [ The title patent clerk is used for instance in Gary Stix, [http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0007DCB9 91CE 111A BAF583414B7F4945 The Patent Clerk s Legacy ] , Scientific American Magazine, September… …
3Patent drawing — Patent law (patents for inventions) …
4Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution — A Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution, also called an Article V Convention, or Amendments Convention, is one of two alternative procedures for proposing amendments to the United States Constitution described in… …
5European patent law — covers a wide range of legislations including national patent laws, the Strasbourg Convention of 1963, the European Patent Convention of 1973, and a number of European Union directives and regulations. Patents having effect in European states may …
6Utility (patent) — In United States patent law, utility is a patentability requirement. Today, the utility requirement is the lowest bar and is easily met. Largely utility is used to prevent the patenting of inoperative devices such as perpetual motion machines.… …
7Claim (patent) — Patent claims are the part of a patent or patent application that defines the scope of protection granted by the patent. The claims define, in technical terms, the extent of the protection conferred by a patent, or the protection sought in a… …
8Software patents under the European Patent Convention — Computer programs, software and patent law Topics …
9Glossary of patent legal concepts — Patent law (patents for inventions) …
10Software patent — Computer programs, software and patent law Topics …
