Patent Act — A Patent Act is a country s legislation that controls the use of patents. There have been numerous Patent Acts:Canada: * Canadian Patent ActGermany: * German Patents Act ( Patentgesetz )United Kingdom: * Copyright, Designs and Patents Act… … Wikipedia
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
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
Claim (patent) — Patent claims are the part of a patent or patent application that defines the scope of protection granted by the patent. The claims define, in technical terms, the extent of the protection conferred by a patent, or the protection sought in a… … Wikipedia
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Term of patent in the United States — In the United States, under current patent law, the term of patent, provided that maintenance fees are paid on time, are:* For applications filed on or after June 8, 1995 [ [http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/documents/2700… … 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
1836 in the United States — Exceptionally, this page covers not only the history of the United States of America, but also that of the Republic of Texas in 1836.Events* February 3 United States Whig Party holds its first convention in Albany, New York. * February 23 The… … Wikipedia
History of United States patent law — To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries; From the United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 8. [… … Wikipedia
History of patent law — The history of patents and patent laws is generally considered to have started in Italy with a Venetian Statute of 1474 which was issued by the Republic of Venice. [ Helmut Schippel: Die Anfänge des Erfinderschutzes in Venedig, in: Uta Lindgren… … Wikipedia
