A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited...

of law, an invention is patentable if it meets the relevant legal conditions to be granted a patent. By extension, patentability also refers to the substantive...

letters patent has evolved into the modern intellectual property patent (referred to as a utility patent or design patent in United States patent law) granting...

A software patent is a patent on a piece of software, such as a computer program, libraries, user interface, or algorithm. A patent is a set of exclusionary...

business, patent trolling or patent hoarding is a categorical or pejorative term applied to a person or company that attempts to enforce patent rights against...

per reg. lit. etc. by royal letters by letters patent; of academic degrees: awarded by letters patent from the King/Queen, rather than by a University...

procedures relating to patent law and practice, such as filing patent applications and oppositions to granted patents. The term "patent attorney" is used differently...

starting from the filing date of the patent application or from the date of grant of the patent. In most patent laws, annuities or maintenance fees have...

A patent application is a request pending at a patent office for the grant of a patent for an invention described in the patent specification and a set...

The European patent with unitary effect, also known as the unitary patent, is a European patent which benefits from unitary effect in the 17 participating...