design patent
21Patent — A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or his assignee for a fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an invention.The procedure for granting patents, the requirements placed on the patentee and the… …
22Design around — In the field of patents, the phrase to design around means to invent an alternative to a patented invention that does not infringe the patent’s claims. The phrase can also refer to the invention itself. Design arounds are considered to be one of… …
23design — ▪ I. design design 2 verb [intransitive, transitive] 1. MANUFACTURING to make a drawing or plan of something that will be made or built: • The theatre was designed by a local architect. • a well designed office • There w …
24Patent infringement — Patent law (patents for inventions) …
25patent — patentable, adj. patentability, n. patentably, adv. patently, adv. /pat nt/ or, for 10, 12 15, /payt /; esp. Brit. /payt nt/, n. 1. the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain …
26patent — pat·ent || pætnt / peɪtnt n. exclusive right to an invention or design; invention or design that is protected by a patent v. receive a patent, receive exclusive rights to an invention or design adj. protected by a patent; clear; obvious,… …
27Patent thicket — A patent thicket is a dense web of overlapping intellectual property rights that a company must hack its way through in order to actually commercialize new technology. [ Carl Shapiro, [http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/shapiro/thicket.pdf… …
28Patent pool — In patent law, a patent pool is a consortium of at least two companies agreeing to cross license patents relating to a particular technology. The creation of a patent pool can save patentees and licensees time and money, and, in case of blocking… …
29design — To form plan or scheme of, conceive and arrange in mind, originate mentally, plan out, contrive. Also, the plan or scheme conceived in mind and intended for subsequent execution; preliminary conception of idea to be carried into effect by action; …
30design — To form plan or scheme of, conceive and arrange in mind, originate mentally, plan out, contrive. Also, the plan or scheme conceived in mind and intended for subsequent execution; preliminary conception of idea to be carried into effect by action; …
