The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to patents:
Patent – set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for detailed public disclosure of an invention. An invention is a solution to a specific technological problem and is a product or a process. Patents are a form of intellectual property.
A patent can be described as all of the following:
Patent law |
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Overviews |
Procedural concepts |
Patentability requirements and related concepts |
Other legal requirements |
By region /country |
By specific subject matter |
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Licensing of patents |
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Overviews |
Types |
Strategies |
Clauses in patent licenses |
Higher category: Patents, Patent law |
This is a list of topics related to patents .