Category: Patents

Terms related to patent law

P-Reference

A classification for prior art references established by WIPO in …

Patent Center

The United States Patent and Trademark Office’s patent information system …

Pfaff v. Wells

Wayne Pfaff was an unusually brilliant engineer who established the …

Shop Right

A term commonly used to describe certain employers’ rights with …

Sotera Notice

A stipulation, notice or undertaking filed by a petitioner seeking …

Swear[ing] Behind

A term formerly used in a First-to-Invent patent priority system as …

System Claim

An Apparatus Claim in which the invention usually consists of an …