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51Open design — RepRap general purpose 3D printer that not only could be used to make structures and functional components for open design projects but is an open source project itself. RepRap is also being designed with the ability to make copies of itself …
52Software patent — Computer programs, software and patent law Topics …
53History of United States patent law — To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries; From the United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 8. [… …
54EU patent — European patent law …
55Integrated circuit layout design protection — Layout designs (topographies) of integrated circuits are a field in the protection of intellectual property. Like most of the other forms of intellectual property, IC layout designs are creations of the human mind. They are usually the result of… …
56European Patent Organisation — The European Patent Organisation (EPO or EPOrg in order to distinguish it from the European Patent Office, which is one of the two organs of the organisationEPC Article|4|2|a] ) is a public international organisation created in 1977 to grant… …
57Business method patent — Business method patents are a class of patents which disclose and claim new methods of doing business. This includes new types of e commerce, insurance, banking, tax compliance etc. Business method patents are a relatively new species of patent… …
58History of patent law — The history of patents and patent laws is generally considered to have started in Italy with a Venetian Statute of 1474 which was issued by the Republic of Venice. [ Helmut Schippel: Die Anfänge des Erfinderschutzes in Venedig, in: Uta Lindgren… …
59Open patent — The open patent movement seeks to build a portfolio of patented inventions that can freely be distributed under a copyleft like license. These works could be used as is, or improved, in which case the patent improvement would have to be re… …
60Manual of Patent Examining Procedure — MPEP redirects here. For the drug, see 2 Methyl 6 (phenylethynyl)pyridine. The Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) is published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for use by patent attorneys and agents and patent… …
