A search through issued patents and other types of documents (such as scientific journals) to determine whether an invention was novel and nonobvious and a new idea at the time it was invented and potentially qualified for patent protection. … [Read more...] about PATENT SEARCH
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PATHOLOGY
In medical jurisprudence. The science or doctrine of diseases. That part of medicine which explains the nature of diseases, their causes, and their symptoms. See Bacon v. U. S. Mut Acc. Ass'n, 123 N. Y. 304, 25 N. E. 399, 9 L. R. A: 617, 20 Am. St. Rep. 748. … [Read more...] about PATHOLOGY
PATENT TROLL
A person or entity that acquires patents primarily to exploit the right to sue others for alleged infringement without intending to create, manufacture or produce anything using the patent. … [Read more...] about PATENT TROLL
PATIBULARY
Belonging to the gallows. … [Read more...] about PATIBULARY
PATENTABLE
Suitable to be patented; entitled by law to be protected by the issuance of a patent Heath Cycle Co. v. Hay (C. C.) 67 Fed. 246; Maier v. Bloom (C. C.) 95 Fed. 166; Boyd v. Cherry (G. C.) 50 Fed. 282; Providence Rubber Co. v. Goodyear, 9 Wall. 796, 19 L. Ed. 566. … [Read more...] about PATENTABLE