Search results for: “patent definition”
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Cooperative Patent Classification
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) In 2010, the European Patent Office (EPO) and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) signed a joint agreement to develop a common classification scheme. This new classification system is known as the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) and is similar in structure to the International Patent Classification (IPC). The CPC is…
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Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations 26
Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations RULE 87 COPIES OF PUBLICATIONS 87.1 International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authorities Any International Searching or Preliminary Examining Authority shall have the right to receive, free of charge, two copies of every published international application, of the Gazette, and of any other publication of general interest published by the…
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Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations 21
Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations RULE 69 TIME LIMIT FOR INTERNATIONAL PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 69.1 Time Limit for International Preliminary Examination (a) All agreements concluded with International Preliminary Examining Authorities shall provide for the same time limit for the establishment of the international preliminary examination report. This time limit shall not exceed: (i) 6 months…
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Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations 20
Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations RULE 69 TIME LIMIT FOR INTERNATIONAL PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 69.1 Time Limit for International Preliminary Examination (a) All agreements concluded with International Preliminary Examining Authorities shall provide for the same time limit for the establishment of the international preliminary examination report. This time limit shall not exceed: (i) 6 months…
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Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations 19
Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations RULE 65 INVENTIVE STEP OR NON-OBVIOUSNESS 65.1 Approach to Prior Art For the purposes of Article 33(3), the international preliminary examination shall take into consideration the relation of any particular claim to the prior art as a whole. It shall take into consideration the claims’s relation not only to…
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Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations 18
Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations RULE 60 CERTAIN DEFECTS IN THE DEMAND OR ELECTIONS 60.1 Defects in the Demand (a) If the demand does not comply with the requirements specified in Rules 53 and 55, the International Preliminary Examining Authority shall invite the applicant to correct the defects within 1 month from the date…
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Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations 13
Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations RULE 34 MINIMUM DOCUMENTATION 34.1 Definition (a) The definitions contained in Article 2(i) and (ii) shall not apply for the purposes of this Rule. (b) The documentation referred to in Article 15(4) (“minimum documentation”) shall consist of: (i) the “national patent documents”as specified in paragraph (c), (ii) the published…
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Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations 7
Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations RULE 8 THE ABSTRACT 8.1 Contents and Form of the Abstract (a) The abstract shall consist of the following: (i) a summary of the disclosure as contained in the description, the claims, and any drawings; the summary shall indicate the technical field to which the invention pertains and shall…
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Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations 6
Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations RULE 5 THE DESCRIPTION 5.1 Manner of the Description (a) The description shall first state the title of the invention as appearing in the request and shall: (i) specify the technical field to which the invention relates; (ii) indicate the background art which, as far as known to the…
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Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations 29
Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations Article 27 National Requirements (1) No national law shall require compliance with requirements relating to the form or contents of the international application different from or additional to those which are provided for in this Treaty and the Regulations. (2) The provisions of paragraph (1) neither affect the application…
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Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations
Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS Article 1 Establishment of a Union (1) The States party to this Treaty (hereinafter called “the Contracting States”) constitute a Union for cooperation in the filing, searching, and examination, of applications for the protection of inventions, and for rendering special technical services. The Union shall be known…
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Document
Definition Document, strictly, in law, that which can serve as evidence or proof, and is written or printed, or has an inscription or any significance that can be “read”; thus a picture, authenticated photograph, seal or the like would furnish “documentary evidence.” More generally the word […]
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Know-how
Technical expertise that a firm has acquired through its operations and to which it has proprietary rights, whether the knowledge is patented or not. This expertise may consist of blueprints, plans, and manuals, as well as technical assistance….
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Pre-packaging
Hierarchical Display of Pre-packaging Trade > Marketing > Preparation for market Concept of Pre-packaging See the dictionary definition of Pre-packaging. Characteristics of Pre-packaging [rtbs name=”xxx-xxx”] Resources Translation of Pre-packaging Spanish: Preacondicionamiento French: […]
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Pre-packaging
Hierarchical Display of Pre-packaging Trade > Marketing > Preparation for market Concept of Pre-packaging See the dictionary definition of Pre-packaging. Characteristics of Pre-packaging [rtbs name=”xxx-xxx”] Resources Translation of Pre-packaging Spanish: Preacondicionamiento French: […]