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2. Patent - Wikipedia

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   A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, ...

3. United States patent law - Wikipedia

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   Under United States law, a patent is a right granted to the inventor of a (1) process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, (2) that is new, useful, and non-obvious.

4. Term of patent in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The original patent term under the 1790 Patent Act was decided individually for each patent, but "not exceeding fourteen years". The 1836 Patent Act (5 Stat. 117, 119, 5) provided (in addition to the fourteen-year term) an extension "for the term of seven years from and after the expiration of the first term" in certain circumstances, when the inventor hasn't got "a reasonable remuneration for ...

5. Intellectual property - Wikipedia

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   Patent infringement typically is caused by using or selling a patented invention without permission from the patent holder, i.e. from the patent owner. The scope of the patented invention or the extent of protection [ 68 ] is defined in the claims of the granted patent.

6. Patent application - Wikipedia

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   A patent application is a request pending at a patent office for the grant of a patent for an invention described in the patent specification [notes 1] and a set of one or more claims stated in a formal document, including necessary official forms and related correspondence. It is the combination of the document and its processing within the ...

7. Outline of patents - Wikipedia

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   The number of patents has been increasing steadily, thus forcing companies to consider intellectual property as a part of their strategy. So patent visualisation like patent mapping is used to quickly view patent portfolios. Patent mapping – graphical modeling used in patent visualisation. This practice "enables companies to identify the ...