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PATENTSCOPE is a global patent database and search system developed and maintained by the World Intellectual Property Organization. It provides free and open access to a vast collection of international patent documents, including patent applications, granted patents, and related technical information.
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 ...
Patents are granted by national or regional patent offices, [72] i.e. national or regional administrative authorities. A given patent is therefore only useful for protecting an invention in the country in which that patent is granted. In other words, patent law is territorial in nature.
As of February 2019, the trademark, reg. no. 4,829,304, remains "Issued and Active" at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. [33] Dumpster Trademark was cancelled in 2015. [34] [35] Trademarked by Dempster Brothers, Inc. in 1963, dumpster is originally a portmanteau of the word dump and the last name Dempster.
He credits a mathematician friend for the idea of dividing the world into 3-metre (10 ft) squares, and the linguist Jack Waley-Cohen with using memorable words. [14] The company was incorporated in March 2013 [15] and a patent application for the core technology filed in April 2013. [16] In November 2013, What3words raised US$500,000 of seed ...
This is a list of legal terms relating to patents and patent law.A patent is not a right to practice or use the invention claimed therein, but a territorial right to exclude others from commercially exploiting the invention, granted to an inventor or their successor in rights in exchange to a public disclosure of the invention.
Wikipedia entry for Google Patents.Google Patents is a search engine from Google that indexes patents and patent applications from the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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 ...