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31Patent Law Treaty — The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is a patent law multilateral treaty concluded on June 1, 2000 in Geneva, Switzerland, by 53 States and one intergovernmental organization, the European Patent Organisation. Its aim is to harmonize formal procedures… …
32obtain — verb ADVERB ▪ fraudulently, illegally, unlawfully (BrE, law) ▪ legally ▪ recently VERB + OBTAIN ▪ …
33Software patent — Computer programs, software and patent law Topics …
34Japanese 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… …
35Software 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 …
36Chemical patent — Example of a Markush structure …
37European Patent Convention — The European Patent Convention (EPC) allows inventions in each of the 16 signatory states (including the countries within the EU) to obtain equivalent patent rights in all EPC countries by filing a single European Patent Application in London or… …
38renewal of patent — An extension of the life of a patent pursuant to statute under a right which is as much an incident of the invention as the right to obtain a patent. 40 Am J1st Pat § 103 …
39Claim (patent) — Patent claims are the part of a patent or patent application that defines the scope of protection granted by the patent. The claims define, in technical terms, the extent of the protection conferred by a patent, or the protection sought in a… …
40EU patent — European patent law …
