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11patent claim — The portion of a patent that establishes the legal boundaries of the invention that is, the exclusive rights of the owner. Patent claims are written in a formal style and precise terminology, and they serve as the basis for any determination of… …
12patent of invention — patent (of invention) n. The granting of a right or authority by the federal government; the document granting that right or authority; an exclusive right to make, use, or sell an invention granted to the inventor of a unique device or process… …
13patent right — ➔ right * * * patent right UK US noun [C, usually plural] LAW ► the right to make or sell something that is given to a particular person or company through a patent: »The pharmaceutical group was granted exclusive patent rights in the US for a… …
14process patent — process patent, a patent on the method of producing a product …
15Patent Co-operation Treaty — A UK national or resident wishing to go through PCT (which includes most European Countries, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, and other countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas) files an application in London to obtain patents …
16patent leather — ☆ patent leather [pat′ nt ] n. leather with a hard, glossy, usually black finish: made by a process formerly patented …
17Patent infringement — Patent law (patents for inventions) …
18Patent 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… …
19patent — patentable, adj. patentability, n. patentably, adv. patently, adv. /pat nt/ or, for 10, 12 15, /payt /; esp. Brit. /payt nt/, n. 1. the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain …
20patent — the granting by a government of monopoly rights to the owner of an invention to manufacture and sell it for a certain number of years, conditional on the owner being willing to immediately reveal the ideas incorporated in the invention, so that… …
