patent rules
11Indian Patent Office — The Indian Patent Office is administered by the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs Trade Marks (CGPDTM). This is a subordinate office of the Indian government and administers the Indian law of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks.… …
12Manual 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… …
13Claim (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… …
14Grant 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,… …
15Computer programs and the Patent Cooperation Treaty — Computer programs, software and patent law Topics …
16European Patent Litigation Agreement — The draft European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA), or formally the Draft Agreement on the establishment of a European patent litigation system, is a proposed patent law agreement aimed at creating an optional protocol to the European Patent… …
17Software patents under United Kingdom patent law — There are four over riding requirements for a patent to be granted under United Kingdom patent law. Firstly, there must have been an invention. That invention must be novel, inventive and susceptible of industrial application. (See Patentability) …
18Appeal procedure before the European Patent Office — Decisions of the first instances of the European Patent Office (EPO) can be appealed, i.e. challenged, before the Boards of Appeal of the EPO, in a judicial procedure (proper to an administrative court), as opposed to an administrative procedure …
19Business 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… …
20Divisional 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… …
