Patent Terms Glossary
Enforceability of Patent
Definition:
The right of the patent owner to bring an infringement suit against a party who, without permission, makes, uses or sells the claimed invention.
Boolean
Definition:
The patent search systems use "AND", "OR", and "ANDNOT" as Boolean operators, in combination with parentheses to build nested logical subsets.
Doctrine Of Equivalents
Definition:
A judicially created theory for finding patent infringement when the accused process or product falls outside the literal scope of the patent claims.
C3
Definition:
Phase III (IDdb). Large-scale trials in patients
Reexamination Proceeding
Definition:
At any time during the enforceability of a patent any person may file a request for the USPTO to conduct a second examination of any claim of the patent on the basis of prior art patents or printed publications.
Contracting Party
Definition:
A country or intergovernmental organization that is a member of the Madrid Protocol.
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