utility patent application

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• utility patent — The most common type of patent; issued for useful inventions that are new (novel) and that produce results that are not expected by those working in the field of invention (nonobvious). A utility patent lasts for 20 years from the patent… …   Law dictionary

• Patent application — A patent application is a request pending at a patent office for the grant of a patent for the invention described and claimed by that application. An application consists of a description of the invention (the patent specification ), together… …   Wikipedia

• Utility (patent) — In United States patent law, utility is a patentability requirement. Today, the utility requirement is the lowest bar and is easily met. Largely utility is used to prevent the patenting of inoperative devices such as perpetual motion machines.… …   Wikipedia

• utility patent —    A patent issued for an invention (e.g., device, process, machine, manufactured product, formula) that performs a useful function. A utility patent lasts for 20 years from the patent application s filing date …   Business law dictionary

• patent pending — n. A notice placed on an object informing others that its inventor has applied for a patent on it and is awaiting the government’s decision. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell.… …   Law dictionary

• Non-provisional patent application — A non provisional patent application is a term referring to a United States patent application that is not a provisional application. The term arose in 1995 to distinguish what were at the time normal patent applications from the newly… …   Wikipedia

• patent — pat·ent 1 / pat ənt3 also pāt / adj [Anglo French, from Latin patent patens, from present participle of patēre to be open] 1 a: open to public inspection see also letters patent at letter 2 …   Law dictionary

• Patent prosecution — describes the interaction between an applicant, or their representative, and a patent office with regard to a patent, or an application for a patent. Broadly, patent prosecution can be split into pre grant prosecution, which involves negotiation… …   Wikipedia

• Utility (disambiguation) — Utility is a measure of the happiness or satisfaction gained from a good or service in economics and game theory.Utility may also refer to: * Public utility, an organization that maintains the infrastructure for a public service, or the services… …   Wikipedia

• Utility model — A utility model is an intellectual property right to protect inventions. This right is available in a number of national legislations, such as Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Chile, China, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Malaysia,… …   Wikipedia

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