Patent Terms Glossary
Basic Patent
Definition:
The first published patent
ISR
Definition:
International Search Report (Form PCT/ISA/210), produced by an International Searching Authority, is a report listing citations of published documents that might affect the patentability of the invention.
Comprising
Definition:
A transitional phrase that is synonymous with means the same thing as inclusive or open-ended and does not exclude additional, unrecited elements or method steps.
Patent
Definition:
A property right granted by the Government of the United States of America to an inventor “to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention throughout the United States.
PAC
Definition:
Patent Assistance Center (prior), now the Inventors Assistance Center or IAC.
Copyright
Definition:
The legal right granted to an author, editor or publisher of an article, chapter or complete work.
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