Speculative Patent
A patent application written in fairly general terms which seeks …
Category: Technology
Standard, Technical
Common specifications established to ensure interoperability of technology. For example, …
Standards, Mandatory, Compliance
Standards that certain products must comply with to be legal-for-sale. …
Steps in the Shoes of
A dangerously overused cliché which expresses the idea that an …
Substitute Technologies
Technologies that are alternative approaches to solving a particular problem …
Swiss Form Claim
Section 54(5) of the European Patent Convention formerly precluded patent claims …
SWOT
Two meanings. • An archaic term of insult for a …
Tacit License
A situation where a patent holder decides not to pursue …
Take-or-Pay Provision, Contract
A provision in a contract or agreement that requires a …
Tape-Out
The final step in the design of a microprocessor before …