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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