A patent family is a set of patents or patent applications in various countries in relation to a single invention, for example when a first application...

A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited...

United States patent law, a continuing patent application is a patent application that follows, and claims priority to, an earlier-filed patent application...

record within the database defines a patent family, the grouping of patent documentation recorded at the various patent offices as protection of an invention...

graphite-related patent families originated predominantly from just a few countries. China was the top contributor with more than 47,000 patent families, accounting...

This is a list of legal terms relating to patents and patent law. A patent is not a right to practice or use the invention claimed therein, but a territorial...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is an agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce that serves as the national patent office and trademark...

patent – Essential patent – Insurance patent – Medical patent – Software patent – Submarine patent – Patent application – request pending at a patent...

the Japan Patent Office (JPO), for the same invention, by the same applicant or inventor. Triadic patents form a special type of patent family. Trilateral...

per reg. lit. etc. by royal letters by letters patent; of academic degrees: awarded by letters patent from the King/Queen, rather than by a University...