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...

States, a design patent is a form of legal protection granted to the ornamental design of an article of manufacture. Design patents are a type of industrial...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is an agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce that serves as the national patent office and trademark...

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...

Patent leather is a type of coated leather that has a high-gloss finish. In general, patent leather is a fine grain leather that is treated to give it...

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...

An essential patent or standard-essential patent (SEP) is a patent that claims an invention that must be used to comply with a technical standard. Standard-setting...