In general, the status of an invention after a patent is filed and before it is issued or rejected. During this time, inventors will often include the words patent pending on their inventions to give notice to competitors that the idea is already protected and as a deterrent to being copied. … [Read more...] about PATENT PENDING
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PATERNITY TEST
Another name for blood tests and DNA tests which are administered to determine whether a man is a father of a child. … [Read more...] about PATERNITY TEST
PATRIMONIUM
In the civil law. The private and exclusive ownership or dominion of an Individual. Things capable of being possessed by a single person to the exclusion of all others (or which are actually so possessed) are said to be in patrimonio; if not capable of being so possessed, … [Read more...] about PATRIMONIUM
PATENT SEARCH
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
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