provisional patent application — (PPA) An interim patent application (also called a PPA ) that contains only a portion of the information required in a regular patent application. If the PPA sufficiently discloses the invention, and a regular patent application is filed within… … Law dictionary
provisional patent application — (PPA) An interim patent application that provides the inventor with an early filing date for the invention. It does not replace a regular patent application, but it does confer patent pending status on the invention and may help the inventor… … Business 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 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
Provisional application — Under United States patent law, a provisional application for patent is a type of national application for patent filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), but which does not mature into an issued patent unless further steps … Wikipedia
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
Patent caveat — A patent caveat was a legal document filed with the United States Patent Office. [Patent Act of 1836] Caveats were discontinued in 1909. A caveat was like a patent application with a description of an invention and drawings, but without claims.… … Wikipedia
Patent infringement under United Kingdom law — In the United Kingdom, a patent provides its proprietor with the right to exclude others from utilizing the invention claimed in that patent. Should a person utilize that invention, without the permission of the patent proprietor, they may… … Wikipedia
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