What is Patent

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Does a government grant the exclusive right to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years. Learn more in: Successful Integration of Knowledge for Innovation: A Case Study of Opportunities for Product Development Partnerships in Brazil

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A legal document issued by the government in response to a formal application process in which the inventor or originator of a product or process is granted the exclusive right to manufacture, use, and sell it for a designated period of time. Learn more in: Organizational Software Use Policies

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A term used to define an official document and/or privileged right to produce or use a new product or process while preventing other parties from benefiting it. Learn more in: Efficiency Assessment of University-Industry Collaboration

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A legal exclusive right granted to an inventor (by the government) to make, use or sell an original invention (or process) for a set period of time. Learn more in: Staying Legal and Ethical in Global E-Learning Course and Training Developments: An Exploration

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Does a government grant the exclusive right to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years. Learn more in: An Evaluation of Partnership for Productive Development in Brazil's Healthcare: Measuring the Knowledge Translation from Implementation to the Impact

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A patent is a limited-term monopoly granted to the inventor of a new invention that protects the ideas behind the invention absolutely. Patents, unlike copyright, are not limited to particular expressions of ideas or forms of an invention, but protect the invention in any form or guise. Patent protection requires specific actions on the part of the inventor to obtain the protection and in many countries there are additional requirements such as non-disclosure prior to filing for a patent. In the United States a requirement is that filing occur within one year of disclosure. The absolute monopoly granted by the modern patent is balanced by the requirement that the invention be fully documented so that others can build on it after the monopoly term expires. Learn more in: Copyright with an International Perspective for Academics

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It is an invention that need be protected in order to be exploited economically. Learn more in: Motivation on Problem Based Learning

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A sole right given on an invention, for a particular period, which precludes others from making or selling that invention without the right holder’s permission. Learn more in: Arbitration in Patent Disputes: To What Extent Is It Possible?

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In a legal sense, a patent is a right to exclusive use of the new solution of technical nature. It is considered as one of the strongest intellectual property rights. In the scientific sense, it is the culmination of the R&D activities. In the economic terms, this is one of the stages of the innovation process. From the point of view of the person who is the owner, it is a resource and a potential market value. It has a relatively high ability to transform into a production factor. Learn more in: Gender and Industrial Creativity in Poland

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New inventions involving an inventive step and capable of industrial application. A patent aims to protect the functional and technical aspects of the product. Learn more in: Intellectual Property Management by Innovative Firms: Evidence From Tunisia

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A patent for an invention is the grant of a property right to the inventor, issued by a government office. What is granted is not the right to make, use, offer for sale, sell or import, but the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, selling or importing the invention. Learn more in: Industry and Academia Networks

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A grant made by a government that confers upon the creator of an invention the sole right to make, use, and sell that invention for a set period of time, through letters patent which protect an invention by such a grant. Learn more in: Legal and Economic Justifi cation for Software Protection

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“The right to exclude others from making, using, marketing, selling … or importing an invention for a specified period” (Garner, 2004, p. 1156). Learn more in: A Guide to Non-Disclosure Agreements for Researchers

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The exclusive property right a government grants to the inventor, for a limited period of time, in exchange for the detailed disclosure of the invention content. Learn more in: R&D Competition, Cooperation, and Microeconomic Policies

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A government authority conferring a right for a set period, especially the sole right to exclude others from making, using or selling an invention. Learn more in: Managing Intellectual Property in Digital Libraries and Copyright Challenges