E Glossary of patent law terms

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1.1 elected office
1.2 embodiment
1.3 essential patent
1.4 evergreening
1.5 exhaustion of rights
1.6 examination support document

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elected office

under patent cooperation treaty (pct), national patent office of or acting state elected applicant under chapter ii of pct. see chapter ii above.

embodiment

in patent or patent application, specific combination of features or specific mode of carrying out invention, contrast more abstract definition of features can carried out in more 1 way.

essential patent

a patent claiming invention required implement given industry standard.

evergreening

various legal, business , technological strategies patentees extend or attempt extend patent protection products.

exhaustion of rights

a legal concept according intellectual property (ip) rights, such patent rights, in product exhausted sale. concept of national exhaustion (exhaustion sale in domestic market), recognized in countries around world, distinguished concept of regional or international exhaustion (exhaustion sale in domestic market), recognized in countries not in others.

examination support document

according uspto patent rules, examination support document (esd) document submitted applicant lists prior art , identifies how prior art applies claims in pending patent application.