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Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences — The Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) is a body of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), which decides issues of patentability. If an applicant for an invention cannot convince a patent examiner that they are… … Wikipedia
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences — Formerly known as the Board of Patent Appeals; consists of Commissioner of Patents, the Deputy Commissioner, the Assistant Commissioners, and the examiners in chief whose responsibility is to review adverse decisions of examiners upon… … Black's law dictionary
patent appeals — See Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences … Black's law dictionary
Patent prosecution — describes the interaction between an applicant, or their representative, and a patent office with regard to a patent, or an application for a patent. Broadly, patent prosecution can be split into pre grant prosecution, which involves negotiation… … Wikipedia
board — An official or representative body organized to perform a trust or to execute official or representative functions or having the management of a public office or department exercising administrative or governmental functions. Commissioners of… … Black's law dictionary
board — An official or representative body organized to perform a trust or to execute official or representative functions or having the management of a public office or department exercising administrative or governmental functions. Commissioners of… … Black's law dictionary
Appeal procedure before the European Patent Office — Decisions of the first instances of the European Patent Office (EPO) can be appealed, i.e. challenged, before the Boards of Appeal of the EPO, in a judicial procedure (proper to an administrative court), as opposed to an administrative procedure … Wikipedia
United States patent law — was established to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries; [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution of the United … Wikipedia
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit — Established 1982 Jurisdiction United States (specific subject matter) … Wikipedia
List of patent claim types — This is a list of special types of claims that may be found in a patent or patent application. For explanations about independent and dependent claims and about the different categories of claims, i.e. product or apparatus claims (claims… … Wikipedia
