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Patent

A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time, in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention. It offers a bargain between society and inventor: for a limited period of exclusivity, the inventor agrees to make…

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related to Anti-patent initiatives · 32
Patent → AIDS, As, Ask Patents, Chin, COVID-19, DNA, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, For, Google, However, In, India, Joseph Stiglitz, Joshua Pearce, Law, LOT Network, More, North Carolina School, One
related to Innovation decline · 21
Patent → China, For, France, However, Incidentally, Italy, Japan, Patent Office, Poland, Since, Spain, Spanish Patent, Stanford, Stanford University, Sweden, The, The US, Trademark Office, UK, US
related to Anti-biopiracy dispositions · 20
Patent → Access, After, Associated Traditional Knowledge, Benefit-Sharing, Biological Diversity, Convention, Diplomatic Conference, Folklore, Genetic Resources, GRATK Treaty, Indigenous, Intellectual Property, May, Nagoya Protocol, Representatives, The, The Treaty, Traditional Knowledge, WIPO Treaty, WIPO's Intergovernmental Committee
related to Criticism · 17
Patent → Blocking, Broad, Contemporary, Critical, Enforcement, For, In, Law, Lawsuits, Legal, Low, Patents, Rent-seeking, Santa Clara University School, These, United States, With
related to history · 16
Patent → Although, Ancient Greece, Arno, Brunelleschi, Filippo Brunelleschi, Florentine, However, Jerusalem, Kingdom, Medieval, Otherwise, Statute, Sybaris, The, The Venetian Senate, Venetian Patent Statute
related to Infringement · 14
Patent → An, China, Doctrine, Equivalents, In, Infringement, One, Patents, The, There, This, United States, US, With
related to Enforcement · 12
Patent → Although, An, Austria, France, In, Often, Patents, To, Typically, UK Certificate, United States, US
related to Gender gap in patents · 12
Patent → Amye Everard Ball, England, In, Marcowitz-Bitton, Mrs, Patent Act, STEM, The, This, UK, US, While
related to Application and prosecution · 11
Patent → Additionally, Before, Chakrabarty, Diamond, Drawings, For, In, Patentability, Patentable, That, The
related to Ownership · 11
Patent → Applications, DABUS, European, European Patent Office, For, If, In, The, UK, United States, US

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Patentis atype of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making0.90text
Patentis alimited property right the government gives inventors in exchange for their agreement to share details of their inventions with the public0.90text
the usefulness of the inventioninstance ofIn some countries there are requirements for providing specific information0.80text
the best mode of performing the invention known to the inventorinstance ofIn some countries there are requirements for providing specific information0.80text
or the technical problem or problems solved by the inventioninstance ofIn some countries there are requirements for providing specific information0.80text
breaches of confidentialityinstance ofeach of which prevents information leaks0.80text
industrial espionageinstance ofeach of which prevents information leaks0.80text
AIDS.In 2012instance ofJoseph Stiglitz has proposed Prizes as an alternative to patents in order to further advance solutions to global problems0.80text
Stack Exchange launched Ask Patentsinstance ofJoseph Stiglitz has proposed Prizes as an alternative to patents in order to further advance solutions to global problems0.80text
a forum for crowdsourcing prior art to invalidate patents.Several authors have argued for developing defensive prior art to prevent patenting based on obviousness using lists or algorithmsinstance ofJoseph Stiglitz has proposed Prizes as an alternative to patents in order to further advance solutions to global problems0.80text
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