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11List of patent claim types — This is a list of special types of claims that may be found in a patent or patent application. For explanations about independent and dependent claims and about the different categories of claims, i.e. product or apparatus claims (claims… …
12Open 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… …
13Public participation in patent examination — The involvement of the public in patent examination has been proposed and is currently used in some forms to help identifying relevant prior art and, more generally, to help assessing whether patent applications and inventions meet the… …
14United 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… …
15Peer to patent — The Peer to Patent project (also known as the Community PatentReview project) is an initiative that seeks reform of the patentsystem by gathering public input in a structured, productive manner. Apilot project in collaboration with the United… …
16History 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. [… …
17X-Patent — The X Patents are all the patents issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office from July 1790 (when the first U.S. patent was issued), to July 1836. The actual number is unknown, but the best estimate is 9,957. The records were burned… …
18Software patents under United States patent law — Software or computer programs are not explicitly mentioned in United States patent law. In the face of new technologies, decisions of the United States Supreme Court and United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) have sought to …
19Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act — Acronym Hatch Waxman amendments Citations Codification …
20Inventive step under the European Patent Convention — Legal requirements applicable to European patent applications and patents …
