Definitions

1. Invention is the creation of a new concept.
2. An invention is the physical embodiment of a discovery.
3. An invention is a solution to a technical problem. (Web site)
4. Invention is generally defined to comprise two steps: conception of the invention and reduction to practice of the invention.
5. An invention is a new form, composition of matter, device, or process. (Web site)

Inventions

1. -Camp Invention-s creators surprise and delight us with their innovative approach to education,- says Greg Booth.
2. Additionally, faculty participation at this step is often key to successful licensing of the invention.
3. Download a free invention kit now.
4. Detailed description of the invention. (Web site)
5. If views longer than the width of the sheet are necessary for the proper illustration of the invention, the sheet may be turned on its side.

Patent Application

1. The European patent application shall relate to one invention only or to a group of inventions so linked as to form a single general inventive concept. (Web site)
2. An invention by Congress -- the provisional patent application -- is a good example. (Web site)
3. The Patent Authority shall designate patent examiner(s) to conduct substantive examination on a patent application for an invention. (Web site)
4. No. A formal (non-provisional) patent application must be filed in order to receive a U.S. patent for your invention. (Web site)
5. In the United States, you can file a provisional patent application to cover your invention.

Utility Patent

1. A utility patent protects the function of an invention. (Web site)
2. Utility patents protect how your invention works--regardless of what it looks like.
3. The invention is protected by a non-provisional utility patent for up to 20 years.
4. If two or more persons make an invention jointly, they apply for a patent as joint inventors. (Web site)
5. A utility patent protects the function of an invention. (Web site)

Application

1. One of the views should be suitable for inclusion on the front page of the patent application publication and patent as the illustration of the invention. (Web site)
2. A provisional application permits an applicant to obtain a priority filing date for an invention. (Web site)
3. A divisional application has the same specification as the "parent" but claims a different invention.
4. The preparation and filing of a patent application on an uncomplicated mechanical invention normally involves attorney's fees from $3,000.00. (Web site)
5. The claims in the patent application define the invention from a legal viewpoint, and therefore, are used to determine inventorship.

Patent Protection

1. Before seeking patent protection, you should first determine whether your invention is potentially marketable. (Web site)
2. Similarly, these are also questions that will help in evaluating whether the invention meets the standards necessary to obtain patent protection.

Invention

1. Most foreign countries require that the patented invention must be manufactured in that country after a certain period, usually three years.
2. In order to involve an inventive step, a computer-implemented invention must make a technical contribution. (Web site)
3. Once the invention has been publicly disclosed foreign patent rights are lost.
4. It can be filed up to one year following the date of first sale, offer for sale, public use, or publication of the invention. (Web site)
5. An inventor is the one who first conceives of the invention in sufficient detail that someone skilled in the art could reproduce the invention.

Claims

1. The claims circumscribe the legal bounds of the invention.
2. Only the primitive Latin alphabet helped Gutenberg claim the greatest invention of the millennium. (Web site)
3. The claim is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(c) because the invention has been abandoned. (Web site)
4. If the invention is not considered patentable subject matter, the claims will be rejected. (Web site)
5. The claim is rejected as failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the invention as required in 35 U.S.C. 112, second paragraph. (Web site)

Examiner

1. A requirement to restrict the application to one invention may be made before further action by the examiner. (Web site)
2. The Examiner may break the claims into distinct inventions and ask the inventor to elect one such invention for prosecution. (Web site)

Requirements

1. A requirement to restrict the application to one invention may be made before further action by the examiner. (Web site)
2. It is recommended that the disclosure of the invention in the provisional application be as complete as possible. (Web site)
3. Patent drawing is a requirement by law for patent applications in order to understand the nature of the invention.

Technology Transfer

1. Recognition or identification of the invention is the most important step in the technology transfer process.
2. The Intellectual Property Management Office will have a number of possible ways to attempt commercialization of the invention.

Copyright

1. The unauthorized use, sale or manufacture of an invention, trademark, tradename or copyright.
2. When using the term -disclosure-, we mean the act of formally advising GTRC of the invention, copyright or software.

Intellectual Property

1. Technology enterprise, intellectual property, and invention news.
2. It is quite an undertaking to manufacture, market, advertise, and distribute your own invention or intellectual property. (Web site)
3. Each owner of an invention has an undivided interest in the intellectual property, which is called a joint invention.

Prior Art

1. Non-obviousness - The invention must not be an obvious extension of prior art. (Web site)
2. The publishing of data constitutes a public disclosure of an invention, and is considered prior art as described above.
3. Prior Art refers to public knowledge existing before the date an invention was made, that is related to the invention, or in the field of the invention.

Obtaining Patent

1. It has to be a followed by a complete specification for obtaining a patent for the said invention. (Web site)
2. Disclosure of an invention is a legal requirement for obtaining patent. (Web site)

Patent Attorney

1. A competent Patent Attorney is typically required to receive the most favorable patent coverage for your invention. (Web site)
2. The patent attorney will be knowledgeable in the general field of the invention, but they are unlikely to have the specific expertise of the inventor(s).

Design

1. A design patent should only be chosen if the appearance of the invention is important, otherwise utility patent protection should be sought. (Web site)
2. Dasgupta, S. (1994). Creativity in invention and design: Computational and cognitive explorations of technological originality.
3. Design patents only protect the overall appearance of your invention while utility patents protect the function and structure of your invention. (Web site)
4. Invention and Design includes an innovative set of active learning modules that employ a "hands-on" approach.

Patent

1. In examining applications for patent, no determination is made as to whether the invention sought to be patented infringes any prior patent. (Web site)
2. When a letter concerns a patent, it must include the name of the patentee, the title of the invention, the patent number and the date of issue.
3. Previous publications, invention, or use prevents a patent being issued. (Web site)
4. Public disclosure of your invention before filing will make it impossible to obtain a valid patent. (Web site)
5. When OTL inquires about patentability, we are asking whether or not the invention is capable of being the subject of a valid patent.

Disclosure Form

1. Inventions are disclosed by submitting an invention disclosure form (that can be found on the forms page) to the OTT.
2. You must submit a UMBI Invention Disclosure Form (IDF) for each invention you make.

Filing

1. If two or more persons make an invention jointly, they apply for a patent as joint inventors. (Web site)
2. In examining applications for patent, no determination is made as to whether the invention sought to be patented infringes any prior patent. (Web site)
3. The filing of a regular application for patent completely disclosing the invention is treated as equivalent to reduction to practice.
4. If you write patents with claims that are too narrow, its not that hard to get around your invention. (Web site)

Design Patent

1. Such an applicant may also lose the right to ever patent the invention (see 35 U.S.C. -102(b)).
2. In fact, the patent merely grants the patentee the right to exclude others from practicing the invention. (Web site)
3. Therefore, the design patent examiner will require restriction in each application which contains more than one invention. (Web site)
4. This means that the first party to file a provisional, utility, or design patent application for an invention with the USPTO has first rights to it. (Web site)

Record Keeping

1. Proper record keeping is important because it can be used as proof of the conception date (the date of invention).
2. A good invention notebook has consecutively numbered pages and does not allow the removal or insertion of pages.
3. Furthermore, keeping invention notes in a bound notebook may increase the reliability of record keeping.

Utility

1. Both design and utility patents may be obtained on an article if invention resides both in its utility and ornamental appearance. (Web site)
2. The use or utility of the invention should be described, especially in chemical inventions. (Web site)

Provisional Application

1. A requirement to restrict the application to one invention may be made before further action by the examiner. (Web site)
2. Some invention promotion firms misuse the provisional application process leaving the inventor with no patent. (Web site)
3. A provisional application permits an applicant to obtain a priority filing date for an invention. (Web site)

United States

1. A patent for an invention is the grant of a property right to the inventor, issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. (Web site)
2. After six months from the United States filing, a license is not required unless the invention has been ordered to be kept secret.

Invention Disclosure

1. Our invention disclosure form also allows for naming "contributors".
2. The first step is to file an Invention Disclosure with the Intellectual Property Office. (Web site)
3. Afterwards, depending on your institution, the invention disclosure will be entrusted to Univalor or to another authority.
4. Usually, researchers may ask the research office at any time for assistance in completing their invention disclosures.
5. Please contact OTM staff if you have any questions regarding the submission of an invention disclosure.

Co-Inventor

1. An invention shall be considered as involving an inventive step if, having regard to the state of the art, it is not obvious to a person skilled in the art.
2. If an invention involves more than one inventor, it is a joint invention; multiple inventors are called joint or co-inventors. (Web site)
3. If Tom and Jerry worked together to create the invention, neither party can file patent application without naming the other one as a co-inventor.
4. At MSU, each person will be asked to introduce documentation explaining their contribution to the invention.

Date

1. Continuations must claim the same invention as the original application to gain the benefit of the parent filing date. (Web site)
2. Foreign Filing Date: The date a non-U.S. patent application was filed that establishes priority of invention.
3. In most foreign countries, publication of the invention before the date of the application will bar the right to a patent.
4. When a letter concerns a patent, it must include the name of the patentee, the title of the invention, the patent number and the date of issue.
5. Previous publications, invention, or use prevents a patent being issued. (Web site)

Legal

1. The claims circumscribe the legal bounds of the invention.
2. This will serve as a daily diary of legal evidence which shows you have been working diligently to make the invention work.

Inventive Step

1. The concept that the claims defining an invention in a patent application must involve an inventive step if, when compared with what is already known (i.e.
2. Patents for invention are substantively examined (novelty, inventive step and industrial applicability).

Rights

1. Abandonment of Invention: To relinquish rights in an invention.
2. Thus the rights of invention and authorship adhered to activities in the physical world.

Technology

1. Post Technology Wanted Companies and individuals can post their idea, invention and technology wanted needs.
2. Recognition or identification of the invention is the most important step in the technology transfer process.
3. Background Technology (or Underlying Technology) is pre-existing technology which is essential to practice your invention.

Required

1. The drawing must show every feature of the invention specified in the claims and is required by the Office rules to be in a particular form.
2. After six months from the United States filing, a license is not required unless the invention has been ordered to be kept secret.

Present Invention

1. The accompanying drawings illustrate the present invention.
2. Turning to FIG. 1, shown therein is an illustrative view of the present invention 10 in use. (Web site)
3. If the invention is found to be patentable, the utility application will mature into a patent. (Web site)
4. A favorable outcome of a preliminary patentability search in no way guarantees the patentability of the invention.
5. If I were to invent a better - I dunno - torque wrench then I might choose to sell my invention (patent) to someone interested in marketing this new tool. (Web site)

Trademark Office

1. A patent for an invention is the grant of a property right to the inventor, issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. (Web site)
2. Test is first to invent: person who is first to invent the invention is entitled to the patent. (Web site)
3. The United States Patent and Trademark Office ( USPTO) provides a method of recording an invention with the office. (Web site)

Subject Matter

1. If the invention is not considered patentable subject matter, the claims will be rejected.
2. The claim or claims must particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which you regard as the invention. (Web site)

Embodiment

1. The fuzzy rule acquisition method according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. (Web site)
2. In the embodiments of the present invention, the extended BP method is used for the computation of errors of each rule and proposition in fuzzy inference. (Web site)

Valid

1. In most foreign countries, publication of the invention before the date of the application will bar the right to a patent.
2. Some invention promotion firms misuse the provisional application process leaving the inventor with no patent. (Web site)
3. In the case of a patent, the claims enclose the invention and determine the boundaries of the inventive property. (Web site)
4. Public disclosure of your invention before filing will make it impossible to obtain a valid patent.
5. During the year, inventors are encouraged to market or produce their invention with their patent pending. (Web site)

Jhtt

1. Completion of all sections of the ROI enables JHTT to efficiently process and review the invention disclosure.
2. However, if the invention was made using federal research support, JHTT can only recommend to the government that rights be returned to the inventor(s).

Patentability Opinion

1. Some invention promotion firms misuse the provisional application process leaving the inventor with no patent. (Web site)
2. In general, a patent search combined with a patentability opinion is very effective in determining whether an invention is novel. (Web site)
3. Any patent or printed publication in the U.S. or a foreign country can be prior art in determining novelty of the invention.
4. Then the patent attorney prepares a patentability opinion stating whether your invention is likely to receive a patent.

Obvious

1. If the invention does not meet this test, it may be rejected as obvious.
2. Non-Obviousness: The invention must not, at the time it was made, be considered obvious to a person of "ordinary skill" in the field of the invention.

Foreign Countries

1. Most foreign countries require that the patented invention must be manufactured in that country after a certain period, usually three years.
2. In most foreign countries, publication of the invention before the date of the application will bar the right to a patent.

One-Year

1. During this one-year period, the invention has patent pending status. (Web site)
2. The US has a one-year grace period after making a public disclosure of an invention.

Sale

1. It can be filed up to one year following the date of first sale, offer for sale, public use, or publication of the invention. (Web site)
2. The unauthorized use, sale or manufacture of an invention, trademark, tradename or copyright.

Person Who

1. An inventor is a person who makes an original, significant intellectual contribution leading to the conception of the invention.
2. Inventor is a person who pursuant to United States patent law conceives of an Invention that is subsequently reduced to practice. (Web site)
3. Patent applications filed in the United States must be filed in the name of the person who invented the invention.

Patent Search

1. In examining applications for patent, no determination is made as to whether the invention sought to be patented infringes any prior patent. (Web site)
2. Concurrently, with any decision on patent action, the associate will begin marketing the invention.
3. Resources including invention announcements, promotion, patent search, patenting and marketing.
4. After the patent search is completed, Michael S. Neustel (U.S. Registered Patent Attorney) will compare the relevant located patents to your invention. (Web site)

Grant

1. A patent for an invention is the grant of a property right to the inventor, issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. (Web site)
2. With a license, you grant one or more companies or individuals the right to manufacture and sell your invention in exchange for royalties.

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