Collocations withpatent
These are words often used in combination withpatent.
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original patent
For each problem, the original patent document was used to determine the per formance the invention was supposed to achieve.
From theCambridge English Corpus
patent application
This means that an invention cannot be disclosed anywhere in the world prior to a patent application being lodged at a relevant patent office.
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patent dispute
That, in turn, might influence how they deal with a patent dispute.
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patent examiner
Visual imagination proves useful not only in inventing but also in comprehending inventions - the latter a problem, too, for the patent examiner.
From theCambridge English Corpus
patent holder
Since this mechanism preserves the rights of the patent holder, the potential for both problems remains and should be addressed contractually.
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patent lawyer
Instead, he went to a patent lawyer.
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patent litigation
Patent litigation, in particular, became a lucrative sideline and sometimes even a principal activity for many leading men of science.
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patent owner
Compulsory licensing occurs when a government allows production of a patented product or use of a patented process without the consent of the patent owner.
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patent portfolio
Tumbleweed has licensed this and related patents in their patent portfolio to 29 companies.
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Wikipedia
patent specification
A translation of the full patent specification would only be required if there were a dispute over the rights created by the patent.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
patent system
Under the existing patent system, access is hindered by high prices and launch delays.
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provisional patent
You can get a provisional patent, when you do not know whether the patent will be valuable or not, at a very low fee indeed.
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Hansard archive
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registered patent
However, we believe that the use of the title "patent attorney" by persons who are not registered patent agents should not be allowed.
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software patent
The algorithms are openly documented and may be used free of software patent restrictions.
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Wikipedia
utility patent
Prolific inventors with 300 or more worldwide utility patent families are shown in the following table.
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Wikipedia
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