Swear[ing] Behind
A term formerly used in a First-to-Invent patent priority system as …
Category: Patents
System Claim
An Apparatus Claim in which the invention usually consists of an …
Unclean Hands
A concept in Equity Law, now often treated as a …
Utility Model
Another term for “Petty Patent,” a form of patent protection …
Utility Patent
In US usage means patents on useful things, methods or …
Utility Requirement
§101 of the United States patent statute (35 U.S.C. §101) …
Vanity Patent, Vanity Patenting
Phenomenon where the names of mostly only senior managers in …
X-Patent
Refers to one of 2,845 early US patents whose records …
X-Reference
A classification for prior art references established by WIPO in …
Y-Reference
A classification for prior art references established by WIPO in …