provides exclusive use of inventions (p. 202)
A form of recognition by the government that a person has the exclusive use and benefit of a new invention• Intellectual Property
An exclusive right granted by the government to an inventor for exclusivity to their invention.
refers to government grants to inventors granting them the sole right to make use of and sell such inventions for a limited time. (p. 246)
A system of registration of unique processes, products and inventions. Brunelleschi may have received the first patent from the Florentine authorities in 1421 fora ship loading crane, but the earliest known English patent was granted by Henry VI to Flemish-born John of Utynam in 1449. For a method of making stained glass, required for the windows of Eton College.
a patent is a legal right granted to the applicant upon fulfullment of certain conditions, which grants them the monopoly on making, using or selling an invention, for a fixed period of time, in the countries in which the patent has been granted. Only original inventions can be patented. Patents are a useful source of technical information as about 80% of the information found in patents is not found elsewhere in the literature. A guide to patents is available.
Cover new inventions (process, machine, manufacture, composition of matter), or any new and useful improvement of an existing invention.
Rights in relation to inventions or innovations granting the owner protection against copying or unauthorised use.
A certificate granted by a government given one(s) exclusive right to an invention for a limited period of time. Often during this time others can not make, use, or sell the invention.
"A patent for an invention is a document granted by a government to the inventor, giving the inventor the right for a limited period to stop others from making, using or selling the invention without the permission of the inventor. When a patent is granted, the invention becomes the property of the inventor, which - like any other form of property or business asset - can be bought, sold, rented or hired. Patents are territorial rights: UK Patent will only give the holder rights within the United Kingdom and rights to stop others from importing the patented products into the United Kingdom. " (From UK Patents website: www.patent.gov.uk/patent/definition.htm)
A grant made by the government to an inventor. It assures him/her of the right to exclude others from making, using, and selling his/her invention.