This means that a product, process, apparatus, or composition of matter satisfies every recital of a claim literally.

This refers to a patent claim, which describes structurally a piece of equipment and is embraced by the expression "machine" in the definition of patentable subject matter in the U.S. Patent [..]

A written document seeking patent protection and filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or a patent office outside of the United States. In the United States, the application must include a d [..]

A patent application is required to disclose the best means known to the applicant of practicing the invention as of the date of filing the application.

Issued upon patentee request due to a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or applicant minor error in the patent such as printing, typographical, or clerical errors.

A claim is one of the numbered paragraphs that appear at the end of a patent and defines the scope of protection given to the owner of the patent (i.e., the right to prevent others from making, using, [..]

The word "comprising" in a claim renders the claim open, which means that additional elements could be added to the accused infringing device without avoiding infringement. For example, if a [..]

This is the creation of the mental concept of the invention.

A reduction to practice involves physical verification of the operability of the invention or its suitability for its intended purpose. When one files a U.S. patent application, one obtains a construc [..]

This is a patent application directed toward the same invention as a prior application and filed while the prior application is pending, naming the same inventive entity. The continuation application [..]