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• patent — patentable, adj. patentability, n. patentably, adv. patently, adv. /pat nt/ or, for 10, 12 15, /payt /; esp. Brit. /payt nt/, n. 1. the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain …   Universalium

• Patent Act of 1790 — The Patent Act of 1790 was the United States first patent statute. [ [http://www.myoutbox.net/popch05.htm Kenneth W. Dobyns, The Patent Office Pony; A History of the Early Patent Office] ] It was entitled An Act to promote the progress of useful… …   Wikipedia

• Statute of Monopolies 1623 — England s Statute of Monopolies of 1623 (21 Jac. 1, c.3), while generally condemning monopolies, provided the true and first inventor of a given item up to fourteen years of exclusive rights to their invention, provided that: ...“they be not… …   Wikipedia

• Patent medicine — E.W. Kemble s Death s Laboratory in Collier s in 1906 Patent medicine refers to medical compounds of questionable effectiveness sold under a variety of names and labels. The term patent medicine is somewhat of a misnomer because, in most cases,… …   Wikipedia

• Patent — A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or his assignee for a fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an invention.The procedure for granting patents, the requirements placed on the patentee and the… …   Wikipedia

• Statute of limitations — A statute of limitations is a statute in a common law legal system that sets forth the maximum period of time, after certain events, that legal proceedings based on those events may be initiated. In civil law systems, similar provisions are… …   Wikipedia

• Patent Reform Act of 2005 — The Patent Reform Act of 2005 (USBill|109|H.R.|2795) was United States patent legislation proposed in the 109th United States Congress. Texas Republican Congressman Lamar S. Smith introduced the Act on 8 June 2005. [ Dennis Crouch,… …   Wikipedia

• patent — 1. adj /peytant/ Open; manifest; evident; unsealed. Used in this sense in such phrases as patent ambiguity, patent writ, letters patent. noun /pabtsnt/ A grant of some privilege, property, or authority, made by the government or sovereign of a… …   Black's law dictionary

• Patent Act (Canada) — The Patent Act is the Canadian Act of Parliament that governs the patent law in Canada. It states what can be patented and how patents are to be obtained. The Patent Act also governs the Patent Office and limits the power and responsibility of… …   Wikipedia

• patent — hilfreich; praktikabel; dienlich; nützlich; zweckmäßig; praktisch; zweckdienlich; angebracht; viabel; brauchbar * * * pa|tent [pa tɛnt] <Adj.> (ugs.): bewundernswert tüchtig, prakti …   Universal-Lexikon

• Patent — Erfindungspatent; Kapitänspatent; Offizierspatent * * * pa|tent [pa tɛnt] <Adj.> (ugs.): bewundernswert tüchtig, praktisch, klug (in der Meisterung seiner Aufgaben oder des Alltags): ein patenter Kerl; sie ist sehr patent. Syn.: ↑… …   Universal-Lexikon