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    Patent Terms Glossary

    Patent Applications Term of patent

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    The maximum number of years that the monopoly rights conferred by the grant of a patent may last.

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    A transitional phrase that limits the scope of a claim to the specified materials or steps and those that do not materially affect the basic and novel characteristics of the claimed invention.

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    In return for a patent, the inventor gives as consideration a complete revelation (describes it) or disclosure of the invention for which protection is sought.

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    A property right granted by the Government of the United States of America to an inventor “to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention throughout the United States.

    National Stage Application

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    An application which has entered the national phase of the Patent Cooperation Treaty by the fulfillment of certain requirements in a national Office, which is an authority entrusted with the granting of national or regional patents.

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    A document that must be included only if a nucleotide or amino acid sequence is part of the invention.

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