to patent an invention
51Patent 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… …
52patent — 1. adj /peytant/ Open; manifest; evident; unsealed. Used in this sense in such phrases as patent ambiguity, patent writ, letters patent. noun /pabtsnt/ A grant of some privilege, property, or authority, made by the government or sovereign of a… …
53Patent pending — This article is about patents. For the band, Patent Pending, see Patent Pending (band). For the Heavens album, see Patent Pending (album).The expressions patent pending (sometimes abbreviated by pat. pend. or pat. pending ) or patent applied for… …
54patent — 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… …
55Patent infringement under United States law — In the United States, 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… …
56Patent 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.… …
57Invention Secrecy Act — The Invention Secrecy Act of 1951, codified at UnitedStatesCode|35|181|188 (Title 35, Chapter 17 of the United States Code), is a body of United States federal law designed to prevent disclosure of new inventions and technologies that, in the… …
58patent — The grant of an exclusive right to exploit an invention. In the UK patents are granted by the Crown through the Patent Office, which is part of the Department of Trade and Industry. An applicant for a patent (usually the inventor or the inventor… …
59Patent 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 …
60patent — The grant of an exclusive right to exploit an invention. In the UK patents are granted by the Crown through the Patent Office, which is part of the Department of Trade and Industry. An applicant for a patent (usually from the inventor or the… …
