E-dicts™
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Patent
An exclusive right to exploit an invention commercially, granted for a limited term in return for public disclosure of the…
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Patent Application Information Retrieval System (PAIRS)
A system that conveys information on patent application status; there is both a public and a private facet to the…
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Patent examiner
An official with technical expertise charged with the task of classifying a patent or an application, or of determining whether…
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Patent Family
A set of patents taken out in various countries intended to protect a single invention by an inventor in multiple…
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Patent Misuse
Refers to an affirmative defense used in patent litigation when a defendant has been accused to have infringed a patent.
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Patent Office Action
An official written communication by the Indian Patent Office on the merits of an application.
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Patent pending
A label sometimes affixed to new products informing others that the inventor has applied for a patent and that legal…
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Patent Thicket
A dense web of overlapping intellectual property rights that a company must hack its way through in order to actually…
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