patentable
Eligible for protection
Patentable describes an invention or idea that qualifies for patent protection—meaning it's novel, useful, and non-obvious enough to receive exclusive rights.
Patent offices determine what's patentable: The examiner ruled the device patentable.
Laws of nature and abstract ideas are generally not patentable, but specific applications of them may be.
Statements of truth
- specificationDetailed technical requirement
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- enablementAct of making possible
- infringementViolation of rights
licensing · examiner · grant · monopoly · protection · provisional · prosecution · filing
Functional worth or purpose
- eligibilityState of meeting criteria
- subject-matterContent under consideration
- statutoryEstablished by enacted law
- protectableAble to be guarded
Quality of being original
- inventivenessCapacity for original creation
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- originalityNovel creative quality
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
cutting-edge · groundbreaking · creativity · ingenuity · revolutionary · unprecedented · disruptive · state-of-the-art
claims
Statements of truth
- specificationDetailed technical requirement
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- enablementAct of making possible
infringement · licensing · examiner · grant · monopoly · protection · provisional · prosecution · filing · application
utility
Functional worth or purpose
- eligibilityState of meeting criteria
- subject-matterContent under consideration
- statutoryEstablished by enacted law
novelty
Quality of being original
- inventivenessCapacity for original creation
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- originalityNovel creative quality
pioneering · cutting-edge · groundbreaking · creativity · ingenuity · revolutionary · unprecedented · disruptive · state-of-the-art · advanced
patentableunpatentable
Cannot receive invention rights
nonpatentable · unprotectable · obvious · generic · prior art
patentablepublic domain
Unprotected creative works
open source · common knowledge · unrestricted · communal · unprotected