design patent — UK US noun [C] ► LAW in the US, a legal document that protects the way something looks so that others cannot copy it: »It s possible that your creations may qualify for a design patent. »apply for/grant a design patent → Compare REGISTERED… … Financial and business terms
Design patent — US design patent D48,160 for the original Coca Cola bottle. In the United States, a design patent is a patent granted on the ornamental design of a functional item. Design patents are a type of industrial design right. Ornamental designs of… … Wikipedia
design patent — noun : a patent granted to one who has invented any new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture under a design patent the appearance of the article rather than its mechanical function receives protection Harvard Law Review … Useful english dictionary
design patent — A patent issued on a new design that is novel for aesthetic reasons but makes no functional contribution to the device of which it is an element. Design patents last for 14 years from the date the patent is issued … Business law dictionary
design patent — A patent of a design giving a new and pleasing appearance to an article of manufacture, whereby its sale is enhanced. Smith v Whitman Saddle Co. 148 US 674, 37 L Ed 606, 13 S Ct 768; Viehmann v D. F. H. Novelty Furniture Co. (DC NY) 27 F Supp 566 … Ballentine's law dictionary
patent — pat·ent 1 / pat ənt3 also pāt / adj [Anglo French, from Latin patent patens, from present participle of patēre to be open] 1 a: open to public inspection see also letters patent at letter 2 … Law dictionary
patent of invention — patent (of invention) n. The granting of a right or authority by the federal government; the document granting that right or authority; an exclusive right to make, use, or sell an invention granted to the inventor of a unique device or process… … Law dictionary
patent — 1. adj /peytant/ Open; manifest; evident; unsealed. Used in this sense in such phrases as patent ambiguity, patent writ, letters patent. noun /pabtsnt/ A grant of some privilege, property, or authority, made by the government or sovereign of a… … Black's law dictionary
Patent drawing — Patent law (patents for inventions) … Wikipedia
Design Piracy Prohibition Act — The Design Piracy Prohibition Act, H.R. 2033, S. 1957, and H.R. 2196, were bills of the same name introduced in the United States Congress that would have amended Title 17 of the United States Code to provide sui generis protection to fashion… … Wikipedia
