patentability
Worthy of protection
Patentability is whether an invention qualifies for patent protection.
To meet the standard, an invention must typically be novel, non-obvious, and useful.
Patent examiners and courts assess patentability when deciding whether to grant or uphold patents: The software's patentability was challenged on grounds that it merely automated a known process.
Quality of being original
- utilityFunctional worth or purpose
- enablementAct of making possible
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- prior artPre-existing technical knowledge
specification · claims · written description · sufficiency · definiteness · anticipation · obviousness · filing date
Violation of rights
- validityQuality of being sound
- enforceabilityCapacity for legal compulsion
- defensibleAble to be justified
- grantableCapable of being given
statutory · lawful · doctrine · monopoly · rights · protection · licensing · exclusivity
New device or method
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- discoveryAct of finding something
- improvementPositive change in quality
technology · engineering · pioneering · cutting-edge · prototype · research · development · progress
novelty
Quality of being original
- utilityFunctional worth or purpose
- enablementAct of making possible
- disclosureAct of revealing information
prior art · specification · claims · written description · sufficiency · definiteness · anticipation · obviousness · filing date · grace period
infringement
Violation of rights
- validityQuality of being sound
- enforceabilityCapacity for legal compulsion
- defensibleAble to be justified
grantable · statutory · lawful · doctrine · monopoly · rights · protection · licensing · exclusivity · invalidity
invention
New device or method
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- discoveryAct of finding something
improvement · technology · engineering · pioneering · cutting-edge · prototype · research · development · progress · ingenuity
- intellectual propertycopyright, trademark, trademarks, copyrights, IP rights
- patent lawprior art, invalidity, claims, inducement, contributory
- patentsUSPTO, EPO, PCT
patentabilityobviousness
State of being evident
abstract idea · natural phenomenon · law of nature · mental process
patentabilitysecrecy
Practice of hiding information
confidentiality · non-disclosure · open source · copyrightability
patentabilityprior art
Pre-existing technical knowledge
obviousness · natural phenomena · abstract ideas · laws of nature
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