patentä

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Definition of patentä in English English dictionary

A government grant giving an inventor the exclusive right to make or sell his or her invention for a term of years

apparent: clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"

a legal granting of the right to stop others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling an invention There are three types of U S patents: utility (machines, products, processes, compositions), design (protection for "aesthetic appearance"), and plant (asexually reproduced plants) See SIUC's Patent and Copyright Policy

make open to sight or notice; "His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him"

Intellectual property protection of the embodiment of an idea A patent is the statutory monopoly property right granted by the government to prevent others from making, using or selling what was patented for a set period (commonly 20 years from the patent date) in exchange for making public the information in the patent document

A document defining the rights conferred by the grant, but often used generally to mean any published specification A patent, which is the mature form of a patent application, consists of drawings of the invention, a specification explaining it, and claims which define the scope of exclusivity

grant rights to; grant a patent for

A license that secures the holder the exclusive right to make, use or sell and invention

A legal grant issued by a government permitting an inventor to exclude others from making, using, or selling a claimed invention during the patent's term The TRIPS Agreement mandates that the term for patent applications filed after June 7, 1995, runs 20 years from the filing date To receive patent protection, an invention must display patentable subject matter (a process, machine, article of manufacture), originality, novelty, nonobviousness, and utility Current U S law is based on the 1952 Patent Code As a signatory to the 1883 Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, the United States belongs to the premier international patent treaty organization, the Paris Union

A legal protection of a new invention for a limited period of time in return for revealing the information

(of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage; "patent ductus arteriosus"

an official document granting a right or privilege

a legal document giving inventors the exclusive rights to their invention for a number of years

An incorporeal statutory right that gives an inventor, for a limited period, the exclusive right to use or sell a patented product, or to use a patented method or process

A patent is legally enforceable grant that gives the inventor the exclusive right to commercially exploit the invention for the life of the patent

A (special, alienable, prima facie) legal right granted by the government to use, or at least (in the case there are other patents which your use of your patent would infringe) to bar others from using a device, design or type of plant that you have created (In the US restrictions last for 17 years for useful devices, and 14 years for designs ) To patent a device one must prove that it is useful, original and not obvious Patents are subject to challenge in court and may be upheld or overturned

a government decree giving an inventor the exclusive right to produce, use, or sell an invention

A "patent" is a document issued by a national government granting the patentee the exclusive right to manufacture, use or sell the invention described in the patent for a prescribed interval of time After that interval of time has expired, the invention is "on the public domain", which means that it is free for anyone to use without payment to the patentee Click HERE to see more information on patent and patent application information

A Government deed; a document that conveys legal title to public lands to the patentee Public domain lands are patented; acquired lands are deeded by the Government

a written document that allows an inventor exclusive rights to make, use, or sell an invention for a number of years

An exclusive right granted for 17 years by the federal government to manufacture and sell an invention

The exclusive right of an inventor to make, use, or sell his invention for a period of years A patent is an intangible asset that may be depreciated over its remaining life The sale of a patent usually results in long-term capital gain treatment

obtain a patent for; "Should I patent this invention?"

A patent is an intellectual property right relating to inventions - that is, to advances made in a technical field A patent for an invention is granted by the government to the applicant, and gives him the right for a limited period to stop others from making, using or selling the invention without permission In return for this right, the applicant must disclose how his invention works in sufficient detail When a patent is granted, the applicant becomes the owner of the patent Like any other form of property, a patent can be bought, sold, licensed or mortgaged Patents are territorial rights, so a UK patent will only give the owner rights within the United Kingdom and rights to stop others from importing products into the United Kingdom

A patent secures to an inventory the exclusive right to make, use and sell an invention for 17 years Inventors should contact the U S Department of Commerce Patent Office

Covers new inventions (process, machine, manufacture, composition of matter), or any new and useful improvement of an existing invention

provides the patent holder, or patentee, the right to exclude others from making, using, selling, offering for sale, or importing an invention for 20 years from the date of the patent's issuance A patent is a government-sponsored monopoly, designed to reward the inventor by providing him with incentive to risk time, effort, and money in developing new technologies In order to earn patent protection, an invention must be New Useful Nonobvious

A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years

The sole right, granted by the government, to sell, use, and manufacture an invention or creation

a patent is one of those rights which come under the general heading of intellectual property A patent is the right of an individual or company to profit from a particular invention or unique manufacturing process, and must be registered in each country in which they wish that invention or process to be protected by law Once registered, a person can grant to a third party a license to exploit the invention or process in return for the payment of a fee usually known as a royalty

a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention