Patent Terms Glossary

Deceased Inventor

Definition:
A named inventor who has died prior to the filing of a patent application or during the prosecution of a patent application.

First to file

Definition:
The applicant who is the first to file an application for an invention will be awarded the patent over all others.

Utility Patent

Definition:
May be granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new, useful, and nonobvious process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof.

DiD

Definition:
Defense in depth - multiple layers of security to provide added protection to IT resources.

Patent Family

Definition:
A patent family is the same invention disclosed by a common inventor(s) and patented in more than one country.

Defensive publication

Definition:
A publication and disclosure to the public of a pending patent application.

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