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A section heading in the specification of a U.S. patent application that includes a statement of the technical field of the invention and a description of related art. MPEP 608.01(d).
- Browse Related Terms: Background of the Invention, crowded art, Examining Group, Field of Endeavor, Field of the Invention, invention, Knowledge-based Expert System, long-felt need, Patent Search, Pioneer Invention, Pioneer Patent, Technical Field, Title of Invention, utility patent
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An agreement under which the bailee/licensee is permitted to use the tangible property of the bailor/ licensor under defined terms and conditions.
- Browse Related Terms: assignment, bailment, Cross License, due diligence terms, exclusive license, Field of Use, field of use license, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), ipr hygiene, license, licensee, licensor, Misuse, Patent Owner, Property, technology licensing, Technology Manager, WIPO, Worked or Working
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A circumstance that prevents (bars) issuance of a valid patent. MPEP 2133.
- Browse Related Terms: Bar, Statutory, Experimental Use, on sale, Prior Public Use, Public Sale, Public Use, royalty, Statutory Bar, work-for-hire
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A claim from which another claim depends, either directly or indirectly. MPEP 608.01(n).
- Browse Related Terms: abstract of the disclosure, Base Claim, Claim, Dependent, Claim, Independent, Claim, Multiple Dependent, Dependent Claim, Element of Claim, Example, Exhibit, gist of the invention, Independent Claim, multiple dependent claim, Negative Claim Limitation, Object of the Invention
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The first member of a "family" of patents (which may or may not be the first member published).
- Browse Related Terms: Application Series, Basic Patent, CFR, Federal Regulations, Official Gazette, One-Year Grace Period, Patent Family, Patent Watch, Published Application, Published Patent Application, United States Patent and Trademark Office Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
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A broad patent that is the first in a given area.
- Browse Related Terms: apparatus claim, basic patent or pioneer patent, classification, Count, Dominating Patent, Knowledgebase, Manufacture, New Use, Reads On, Statutory Subject Matter
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A patent application is required to disclose the best means known to the applicant of practicing the invention as of the date of filing the application.
The way of implementing the inventive concept contemplated by the inventor on the filing date of the patent application. MPEP 608.01(h), MPEP 2165, MPEP 2165.01, MPEP 2165.02.
- Browse Related Terms: Best Mode, constructive reduction to practice, GATT, Invention, Abandoned, life of a patent, Offer to Sell, Patent Pending, pending, Statutory Period, Substitute Specification, Surrender of Patent, Withdrawal
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Material referenced in the disclosure of a patent application that is capable of self-replicating, either direclty or indirectly. Examples include bacteria, fungi including yeasts, algae, protozoa, eukaryotic cells, cell lines, hybridomas, plasmids, viruses, plant tissue cells, lichens and seeds. MPEP 2403, MPEP 2403.01, MPEP 2403.02.
- Browse Related Terms: Application (for Patent), Biological Material, Drawing, Duty of Disclosure, Ex Parte, File Wrapper Estoppel, fraud on the Patent and Trademark Office, Incorporation by Reference, materials transfer agreement, prior-art statement, Prosecution History
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A board of senior examiners that hears appeals of adverse patentability decisions of examiners. MPEP 1202, MPEP 1203.
- Browse Related Terms: Appeal, Appeal Brief, Appeal, Notice of, Appelant, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, CCPA, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC or Fed. Cir.), Court of Customs and Patent Appeals (CCPA), Examination, Federal Circuit, notice of appeal, patentable, Patentable Subject Matter, Petition, PetitionforCertiorari, Precedent, Rationale for Patentability, Request for Reconsideration
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a reward offered for a piece of fugitive information.
- Browse Related Terms: bounty, bounty poster, Equivalent, Harmonization, Inventorship, presumption of validity, United States Code, Useful
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information holders and sharers. People who respect and appreciate the power and value of knowledge. With BountyQuest, Bounty Hunters can harness their knowledge in order to actualize both its power and its value.
- Browse Related Terms: bounty hunter, broad claim, Claim, Generic, Claim, Species, Contemporaneously witnessed, Dedication, disclaimer, specification, status
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information seekers. People looking for a valuable piece of fugitive information and willing to pay a generous reward for its location.
- Browse Related Terms: bounty, bounty poster, Equivalent, Harmonization, Inventorship, presumption of validity, United States Code, Useful
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French for "patent."
- Browse Related Terms: Brevet, Frivolous Invention, Gebraughsmuster, issue, non exclusive license, Patentschrift, Plant Patent, Protest
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A statement in a patent describing extensive variations of the invention. Such a statement usually includes a broad range of alternatives by its implication without using an alternative form of presentation.
- Browse Related Terms: bounty hunter, broad claim, Claim, Generic, Claim, Species, Contemporaneously witnessed, Dedication, disclaimer, specification, status
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A program that assists entrepreneurs to develop a business. The primary features are flexible and affordable space, access to shared office services, professional business management assistance, and a supportive entrepreneurial environment.
- Browse Related Terms: business incubator, Intellectual Property, model, Patent Misuse, Proprietary Information, Reference Character, service mark, Trade Name, Trade Secret, trademark