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An amount of experimentation required to practice a disclosed invention that would be unreasonable. MPEP 2164.01, MPEP 818.03(c).
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A determonation by a court that a patent cannot be enforced against a party that would otherwise be infringing its claims, because the patent is defective.
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The laws of the U.S.
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The regulations promulgated by the USPTO.
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The agency of the U.S. Federal Government responsible for administering the country's patent system.
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All research conducted in the course of an inventor's employment with the University (including, but not limited to, the performance of a grant, contract or award made to the University by an extra mural agency) or with the use of University resources
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The state of a claimed invention's not being obvious to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the invention pertains. Also called non-obvious. See Obviousness.
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Descriptive of an invention not involving sufficient departure from what was known before in the art or that for some other reason is not the proper subject matter of a patent.
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Having some practical utility; fit for some desirable practical or commercial purpose. One of the three requirements for patentability under U.S. law. MPEP 706.03(a), MPEP 2107, MPEP 2107.01, MPEP 2107.02.
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United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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A type of patent available in some countries that requires less inventiveness than necessary to obtain a patent.
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A patent that covers a technology.
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