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patent search — A search of all existing or publicly available information to determine whether an invention is new (novel) and whether persons with ordinary skill in the field could have deduced it (nonobvious). A patent search usually begins with a review of… …   Law dictionary

patent search —    A search for documents and records that will determine whether a particular invention is novel and nonobvious, and thus whether it may qualify for a patent. The search usually starts with the examination of previously issued patents and… …   Business law dictionary

Patent infringement — Patent law (patents for inventions) …   Wikipedia

Patent Lens — The Patent Lens is an online patent search service, by CAMBIA, an independent, international non profit organisation. It allows free searching of over 8 million documents, including United States patents and applications, Australian patents and… …   Wikipedia

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

Patent troll — is a pejorative but questioned term used for a person or company who is a non practicing inventor, and buys and enforces patents against one or more alleged infringers in a manner considered by the target or observers as unduly aggressive or… …   Wikipedia

Patent Information News — is a trilingual, quarterly magazine published by the Principal Directorate Patent Information of the European Patent Office (EPO), Vienna sub office, Austria. It was formerly known as EPIDOS news . European Patent Office web site, [http://www.epo …   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 pirate — may refer to different behaviors depending on the context: * someone who willfully infringes a patent , see patent infringement [ [http://www.zdnet.com/5208 10532 0.html?forumID=1 threadID=19810 messageID=381579 start= 1 Microsoft Was Found To Be …   Wikipedia

patent application — Obtaining a patent under the Patents Act 1977 falls into three main stages. Firstly an application is filed with the Patent Office. This filing date commences the 20 year period of patent protection (see also priority date). After a twelve month… …   Law dictionary

Search Engine Roundtable — is a news web site that discusses topics related to the premier search engines as reported on Internet forums. Search Engine Roundtable was founded in December 2003 by Barry Schwartz and has been referenced in several news articles. [ [http://www …   Wikipedia