provisional patent application
1provisional patent application — (PPA) An interim patent application (also called a PPA ) that contains only a portion of the information required in a regular patent application. If the PPA sufficiently discloses the invention, and a regular patent application is filed within… …
2provisional patent application — (PPA) An interim patent application that provides the inventor with an early filing date for the invention. It does not replace a regular patent application, but it does confer patent pending status on the invention and may help the inventor… …
3Non-provisional patent application — A non provisional patent application is a term referring to a United States patent application that is not a provisional application. The term arose in 1995 to distinguish what were at the time normal patent applications from the newly… …
4Patent 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… …
5Continuing patent application — Under United States patent law, a continuing patent application is a patent application which follows, and claims priority to, an earlier filed patent application. A continuing patent application may be one of three types: a continuation,… …
6patent — pat·ent 1 / pat ənt3 also pāt / adj [Anglo French, from Latin patent patens, from present participle of patēre to be open] 1 a: open to public inspection see also letters patent at letter 2 …
7patent pending — n. A notice placed on an object informing others that its inventor has applied for a patent on it and is awaiting the government’s decision. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell.… …
8Provisional 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 …
9Patent infringement under United Kingdom law — In the United Kingdom, a patent provides its proprietor with the right to exclude others from utilizing the invention claimed in that patent. Should a person utilize that invention, without the permission of the patent proprietor, they may… …
10Patent drawing — Patent law (patents for inventions) …
