Patent Office
(Redirected from patent office)
A Patent Office is an organization that controls the issue of Patents
- Context:
- It can receive Patent Applications.
- It can award Awarded Patents.
- It can reject Rejected Patents.
- It can define Patentability Guidelines.
- See: Taxation Office, Peer Reviewed Journal.
References
2014
- (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/patent_office Retrieved:2014-7-9.
- A patent office is a governmental or intergovernmental organization which controls the issue of patents. In other words, "patent offices are government bodies that may grant a patent or reject the patent application based on whether or not the application fulfils the requirements for patentability." [1]
- ↑ European Commission, Pharmaceutical Sector Inquiry, Preliminary Report (DG Competition Staff Working Paper), 28 November 2008, page 89 (pdf, 1.95 MB).