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1patent 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.… …
2Patent family — A patent family is all the patents and patent applications resulting from a specific patent application.Generally, a patent application for an invention is originally filed in one country. Sometimes that original patent application is the basis… …
3Patent troll — is a pejorative but questioned term used for a person or company who is a non practicing inventor, and buys and enforces patents against one or more alleged infringers in a manner considered by the target or observers as unduly aggressive or… …
4Patent ductus arteriosus — Classification and external resources Heart cross section with PDA ICD 10 Q …
5Patent Cooperation Treaty — The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international patent law treaty, concluded in 1970. It provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions in each of its contracting states. A patent application filed under …
6Patent — A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or his assignee for a fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an invention.The procedure for granting patents, the requirements placed on the patentee and the… …
7Patent examiner — A patent examiner or patent clerk [ The title patent clerk is used for instance in Gary Stix, [http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0007DCB9 91CE 111A BAF583414B7F4945 The Patent Clerk s Legacy ] , Scientific American Magazine, September… …
8Patent caveat — A patent caveat was a legal document filed with the United States Patent Office. [Patent Act of 1836] Caveats were discontinued in 1909. A caveat was like a patent application with a description of an invention and drawings, but without claims.… …
9Patent of precedence — A patent of precedence is a grant to an individual by letters patent of a higher social or professional position than the precedence to which his ordinary rank entitles him.Historical user in the English legal professionThe principal instance in… …
10Term of patent in the United States — In the United States, under current patent law, the term of patent, provided that maintenance fees are paid on time, are:* For applications filed on or after June 8, 1995 [ [http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/documents/2700… …
