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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doctrine of equivalents

Legal services; Patent & trademark

One literally infringes a claim where every element of the claim is expressly satisfied by a device, process, or composition of matter. Under the judicially created doctrine of equivalents, one may ...

kinds

Legal services; Patent & trademark

The letter, often with a further number, indicating the level of publication of a patent. For example DE-A1 is the German Offenlegungsschrift (application laid open for public inspection) while a ...

jepson claim

Legal services; Patent & trademark

This is a claim form wherein the preamble acknowledges the prior art teachings. The words "the improvement comprising" or "the improvement consisting of" or "the improvement consisting essentially ...

prosecution

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The administrative process of obtaining a patent from the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office. Prosecution includes filing the application with the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office, office actions, ...

dependent claim

Legal services; Patent & trademark

This is a claim that makes express reference to and depends on a prior claim and, thereby, incorporates by reference all of the recitals of the prior claim. This claim must be read as if it ...

prejudgment interest

Legal services; Patent & trademark

In patent litigation, prejudgment interest is interest on monetary judgment against an infringer awarded to a prevailing party measured from the date of the infringement to the date of the judgment. ...

priority date

Legal services; Patent & trademark

The initial date of filing of a patent application, normally in the applicant's domestic patent office. This date is used to help determine the novelty of an invention.