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...
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of law, an invention is patentable if it meets the relevant legal conditions to be granted a patent. By extension, patentability also refers to the substantive...
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A software patent is a patent on a piece of software, such as a computer program, libraries, user interface, or algorithm. A patent is a set of exclusionary...
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letters patent has evolved into the modern intellectual property patent (referred to as a utility patent or design patent in United States patent law) granting...
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Tesla was an inventor who obtained around 300 patents worldwide for his inventions. Some of Tesla's patents are not accounted for, and various sources have...
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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...
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starting from the filing date of the patent application or from the date of grant of the patent. In most patent laws, annuities or maintenance fees have...
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business, patent trolling or patent hoarding is a categorical or pejorative term applied to a person or company that attempts to enforce patent rights against...
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Patent infringement is an unauthorized act of - for example - making, using, offering for sale, selling, or importing for these purposes a patented product...
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States, a design patent is a form of legal protection granted to the ornamental design of an article of manufacture. Design patents are a type of industrial...
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