The Inventor's Glossary
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- A
- Abstract
- Application fee
- C
- Claims
- Classification of Patents
- Confidentiality Agreement (a.k.a. Non-Disclosure Agreements or 'NDAs')
- Copyright
- Crowdfunding
- D
- Description
- Drawings
- E
- Examination (Patents)
- Example Term
- Exclusive Licence
- Exit Factory
- F
- Filing
- FOB
- I
- Infringement (Patent)
- Intellectual Property
- Inventor
- L
- Lapsed
- LDP
- Licence
- N
- Non-Exclusive Licence
- Novelty
- O
- ODM
- OEM
- P
- Patent
- Patent Pending
- Prior Art
- R
- Registered Design
- Royalties
- S
- Sole Licence
- T
- Trade Mark
- U
- UKIPO
- W
- World Intellectual Property Organisation (or WIPO)