patenting
Registering intellectual property
Patenting is the process of obtaining a patent—legal protection for an invention that grants exclusive rights to make, use, or sell it.
The term covers the entire procedure: documenting the invention, filing applications, and navigating approval.
The company is patenting its new battery technology.
Patenting something doesn't guarantee success; patents can be challenged or denied.
Formal request document
- filingStoring documents systematically
- claimsStatements of truth
- specificationDetailed technical requirement
- disclosureAct of revealing information
prior art · examination · patentability · novelty · obviousness · enablement · inventorship · provisional
Violation of rights
- litigationLegal dispute process
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- licensingGranting official permission
- royaltiesOngoing payments to creators
injunction · damages · validity · invalidity · defensive · portfolio · assertion · indemnification
Registered commercial identifier
- copyrightExclusive reproduction rights
- intellectual propertyLegal rights over inventions
- trade secretHidden business knowledge
- registrationFormal recording of participation
jurisdiction · legislation · compliance · treaties · USPTO · EPO · examiner · attorney
New device or method
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- discoveryAct of finding something
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- developmentProgress toward maturity
technology · prototype · commercialization · R&D · startup · pioneer · improvement · incremental
One seller, no substitutes
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
- ownershipLegal right of possession
- proprietaryLegally owned, restricted use
- grantBestow or award money
exclusive · term · expiration · extension · blocking · hold-up · generic · biosimilar
application
Formal request document
- filingStoring documents systematically
- claimsStatements of truth
- specificationDetailed technical requirement
disclosure · prior art · examination · patentability · novelty · obviousness · enablement · inventorship · provisional · continuation
infringement
Violation of rights
- litigationLegal dispute process
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- licensingGranting official permission
royalties · injunction · damages · validity · invalidity · defensive · portfolio · assertion · indemnification · due diligence
trademark
Registered commercial identifier
- copyrightExclusive reproduction rights
- intellectual propertyLegal rights over inventions
- trade secretHidden business knowledge
registration · jurisdiction · legislation · compliance · treaties · USPTO · EPO · examiner · attorney · agent
invention
New device or method
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- discoveryAct of finding something
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
development · technology · prototype · commercialization · R&D · startup · pioneer · improvement · incremental · disruptive
monopoly
One seller, no substitutes
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
- ownershipLegal right of possession
- proprietaryLegally owned, restricted use
grant · exclusive · term · expiration · extension · blocking · hold-up · generic · biosimilar · exclusionary
- metal treatmentsannealing, hardening, quenching, tempering, carburizing
- marketingadvertising, digital marketing, ad campaign, advertisements, ads
- business activitiesmeetings, meeting, hiring, firing, training
- wire and cablecopper wire, steel wire, aluminum wire, brass wire, barbed wire
patentingconcealing
Keeping something secret
suppressing · hiding · withholding · hoarding · burying