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Although it is an implicit requirement of Section 1(1) of the UK Patent Act (1977) that patents should only be granted for inventions, "invention" is not defined anywhere in the Act. Instead, Section 1(2) Patents Act provides a non-exhaustive list of "things" that are not treated as inventions. Included in this list is "a program for a computer".
The source code for the world's first web browser, called WorldWideWeb (later renamed Nexus to avoid confusion with the World Wide Web), is released into the public domain by Sir Tim Berners-Lee. 1992. The first SMS message in the world is sent over the UK's GSM network. 1995. The world's first national DNA database is developed. [84] 1996
The Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) is a database containing patent applications and grants from 44 of the world's patent issuing authorities. [1] [2]Compiled in English by editorial staff, the database provides a short abstract detailing the nature and use of the invention described in a patent and is indexed into alphanumeric technology categories to allow retrieval of relevant patent ...
Inv / Pat: The average number of inventors listed on the inventor's most recent 50 patents as of September 7, 2021 or on the date the inventor was added to the table if later. "NA" signifies the inventor was active prior to digital records. Pat Residence: The country of inventor's residence listed in their most recent patent issuance.
In 1981 Kramer filed for a UK patent for his newly conceived digital audio player, the IXI. UK patent 2115996 was issued in 1985, and U.S. patent 4,667,088 was issued in 1987. The player was the size of a credit card with a small LCD screen and navigation and volume buttons and would have held data of at least 8 MB of solid-state bubble memory ...
The Intellectual Property Office of the United Kingdom (often referred to as the UK IPO) is, since 2 April 2007, the operating name of The Patent Office. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is the official government body responsible for intellectual property rights in the UK and is an executive agency of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).
His attempt to register the patents was refused by Britain's Intellectual Property Office on the grounds that the inventor must be a human or AI cannot be patent 'inventor', UK Supreme Court rules ...
The term 'John', used particularly in the US, is generally accepted as a direct reference to its inventor. [62] 1733: Perambulator developed by William Kent (c. 1685–1748). [63] 1780: First mass-produced toothbrush produced by William Addis (1734–1808). [64] [65] 1795: First corkscrew patent granted to the Reverend Samuel Henshall (1764/5 ...