Invention - Law Dictionary Search Results
True and first inventor
True and first inventor, does not include either the first importer of an invention into India, or a person to whom an invention is first communi-cated from outside India. [Patents Act, 1970
Capable of industrial application
Capable of industrial application, in relation to an invention, means that the invention is capable of being made or used in an industry. [Patents Act, 1970 (39
specification
containing a description of particulars (as of charges or contract terms) b : a written description of an invention or discovery for which a patent is sought that embodies the manner and process of making and using
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Publication
to be deemed to be publication of such works [s. 1 (3)] As only a new and original invention can be patented, publication before protection defeats the inventor's right to protection by patent, unless the publication be
prior art
prior art : the processes, devices, and modes of achieving the end of an alleged invention that were known or knowable by due diligence before and at the date of the invention ;also :
claim
: a formal assertion made by an applicant for a patent of the novelty and patentability of an invention with a description of the invention and its purpose claim vt
anticipation
anticipation : the knowledge or use of an invention in the U.S. or the patenting or describing of the invention in a publication in the U.S. or
Title
Purchasers. See REAL REPRESENTATIVE and REGISTRATION. The title to things personal may be acquired by: (1) Occupancy. (2) Invention. (3) Prerogative. (4) Forfeiture. (5) Custom. (6) Succession. (7) Marriage. (8) Judgment. (9) Gift or grant. (1) Contract.
Device
That which is devised or formed by design a contrivance an invention a project a scheme often a scheme to deceive a stratagem an artifice
anticipate
reference "Misani v. Ortho Pharm. Corp., 210 A.2d 609 (1965)"] 2 : to negate the novelty of (an invention) by its appearance in prior art [appeared to have anticipated a variable light makeup mirror "Wilson v. Bristol-Myers
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