Patent Terms Glossary

PCT

Definition:
Patent Cooperation Treaty - provides a mechanism by which an applicant can file a single application that, when certain requirements have been fulfilled, is equivalent to a regular national filing in each designated Contracting State.

Attorney

Definition:
An individual who is a member in good standing of the bar of any United States court or the highest court of any State.

Status

Definition:
The legal standing of a patent or patent application, i.e. whether it is pending, lapsed or still protected etc.

Divisional Application

Definition:
A later application for an independent or distinct invention disclosing and claiming (only a portion of and) only subject matter disclosed in the earlier or parent application.

Infringe

Definition:
To make, use or sell the patented item or process within the country covered by the patent, without permission or license from the patentee.

Combination Patent

Definition:
A patent granted for an invention that unites existing components in a novel way.

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