Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
patent — 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 … Law dictionary
Patent pirate — may refer to different behaviors depending on the context: * someone who willfully infringes a patent , see patent infringement [ [http://www.zdnet.com/5208 10532 0.html?forumID=1 threadID=19810 messageID=381579 start= 1 Microsoft Was Found To Be … Wikipedia
Improvement — Im*prove ment, n. 1. The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of the mind, of land, roads, etc. [1913 Webster] I look upon your city as the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
patent infringement — Under the Patents Act 1977, where the patented invention is a product, it is infringed if the infringer, without the patentee s permission, makes, disposes of, offers to dispose of, uses or commercialises products embodying the invention in the… … Law dictionary
Patent — 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… … Wikipedia
Patent Reform Act of 2007 — The Patent Reform Act of 2007 (USBill|110|H.R.|1908, USBill|110|S.|1145) is a proposal introduced in the 110th United States Congress for changes in United States patent law. Democratic Congressman Howard Berman introduced the House of… … Wikipedia
patent — 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… … Black's law dictionary
patent — A legal monopoly; that is, an exclusive right to the benefits of an invention or improvement granted by the U.S. Patent Office, for a specific period, on the basis that it is novel (i.e., not previously known or described in a publication),… … Business law dictionary
Continuing 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,… … Wikipedia
List of patent claim types — This is a list of special types of claims that may be found in a patent or patent application. For explanations about independent and dependent claims and about the different categories of claims, i.e. product or apparatus claims (claims… … Wikipedia
