Patent & trademark

Patent & trademark

Terms related to patent and trademark applications and infringement litigations. A patent is a form of intellectual property and associated rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time. A trademark, on the other hand, is a distinctive mark or name used by an individual or business organization to identify and distinguish its products or services from those of other entities.

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how to make

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This is part of the obligation to provide a disclosure in the patent application that would enable one skilled in the art to practice the invention without engaging in undue experimentation.

conception

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This is the creation of the mental concept of the invention.

provisional application

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As a result of GATT, an applicant can file a patent specification complying with U. S. disclosure standards and get the filing date as a priority date for a complete patent application filed within ...

renewal fees

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Payments that must be made by the applicant to the patent office in order to keep the patent in force and prevent it from lapsing. In the USA, these are termed maintenance fees.

preferred embodiment

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The preferred embodiment of an invention can usually be interpreted as being recited as the best mode known to the inventor of carrying out the invention.

interference

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A multiparty priority proceeding in the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office wherein two or more parties claim the same invention. The parties present evidence of conception and reduction to practice ...