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31file wrapper estoppel — noun : a doctrine in patent law that one who has acquiesced in the rejection of a broad claim in his application for a patent may not later assert that a claim deliberately more restricted is equivalent to the original claim …
32Provisional application — Under United States patent law, a provisional application for patent is a type of national application for patent filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), but which does not mature into an issued patent unless further steps …
33Software patent — Computer programs, software and patent law Topics …
34United States Patent and Trademark Office — The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO or USPTO) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that issues patents to inventors and businesses for their inventions, and trademark registration for product and intellectual… …
35Japanese patent law — is based on the first to file principle and is mainly given force by the Patent Act (特許法 Tokkyohō ) of Japan which consists of 204 articles. Article 2 defines an invention as the highly advanced creation of technical ideas by which a law of… …
36Grant procedure before the European Patent Office — Graph of European patent applications filed and granted between 1998 and 2007. Note that the average time from filing to grant in 2007 was 43.7 months (3.6 years) The grant procedure before the European Patent Office (EPO) is an ex parte,… …
37European Patent Convention — European patent law …
38Submarine patent — is an informal term for a patent first published and granted long after the initial application was filed. In analogy to a submarine, its presence is unknown to the public; it stays under water , i.e., unpublished, for long periods, then emerges …
39South African patent system — The South African patent system is the system by which patents are granted in South Africa.As is the case in many other countries, a patent provides legal protection for a new and industrially applicable invention. This invention, which… …
40Divisional applications under the European Patent Convention — In the procedure before the European Patent Office (EPO), divisional applications can be filed under Article 76 EPC. Such a divisional application, sometimes called European divisional application, is a new patent application which is separate… …
