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11file wrapper — file wrap·per n: a written record in a patent office of the application and negotiations for a patent preceding the issuance of the patent see also file wrapper estoppel at estoppel 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
12File comparison — in computing is the automatic comparing of data between files on a file system. The result of comparisons are typically displayed to the user, but can also be used to accomplish tasks in networks, file systems and revision control.Examples of… …
13Patent 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… …
14Patent Cooperation Treaty — The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international patent law treaty, concluded in 1970. It provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions in each of its contracting states. A patent application filed under …
15File format — A file format is a particular way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file. Since a disk drive, or indeed any computer storage, can store only bits, the computer must have some way of converting information to 0s and 1s and vice …
16Patent — Ein Patent ist ein hoheitlich erteiltes gewerbliches Schutzrecht für eine Erfindung. Der Inhaber des Patents ist berechtigt, anderen die Benutzung der Erfindung zu untersagen. Das deutsche Wort wurde im 17. Jahrhundert aus dem französischen… …
17Patent — 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… …
18Patent attorney — A patent attorney is an attorney who has the specialized qualifications necessary for representing clients in obtaining patents and acting in all matters and procedures relating to patent law and practice, such as filing an opposition. The term… …
19Patent infringement — Patent law (patents for inventions) …
20File shadowing — There are several different technologies that use the term file shadowing , but the intent of file shadowing within these technologies is to provide an exact copy (or mirror of a set of data). For file shadowing to be effective, the shadow needs… …
