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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search report

Legal services; Patent & trademark

A list of published items (both patent and non-patent literature), issued by the patent examiners checking the novelty of the patent application, which are relevant to the subject of the invention.

ordinary skill in the art

Legal services; Patent & trademark

The level of technical knowledge, experience, and expertise possessed by the run-of-the-mill or ordinary engineer, scientist, or designer in the technology that is relevant to the invention. ...

research disclosure

Legal services; Patent & trademark

Defensive-type publications which are published, often anonymously, to give companies and inventors "freedom of use" rather than legal protection. Once research disclosures are published the ...

that which infringes if later, anticipates if earlier

Legal services; Patent & trademark

A rule stating the equivalence between two tests under patent law (i.e., the test of infringement of a patent and the test of anticipation in the prior art to invalidate a patent). If the claim of a ...

kokoku

Legal services; Patent & trademark

An examined and allowed Japanese patent application.

notice of appeal

Legal services; Patent & trademark

A document filed by the applicant in the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office to initiate an appeal of an examiner's rejection to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.