Patent Center
The United States Patent and Trademark Office’s patent information system …
Category: Patents
Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) conducts is an …
Pfaff v. Wells
Wayne Pfaff was an unusually brilliant engineer who established the …
Purposive Construction
A concept of claim construction in UK patent law establish …
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 …
Unclean Hands
A concept in Equity Law, now often treated as a …
Utility Model
Another term for “Petty Patent,” a form of patent protection …