Parents Abstract
Or summary: Short summary of an invention. Agent
Person in charge of the operations relating to the patents (filing, inscription.) Catalog of patents
Collection of the patents issued by OMPIC. Claims
Part of a patent-document which defines the range of the protection conferred by the patent. Compulsory license
Right to produce a patented invention, granted by OMPIC to one or several companies. A compulsory license is granted, in some circumstances, in the cases of abuse of the rights conferred by a patent. Continuation of the proceedings
All the stages included in the review of a patent application. Date of filing
Date of reception of a patent application at OMPIC's Patent Office. Descriptive memory
Is part of the patent application. Includes a detailed description of the invention, a list of claims specifying the aspects of the invention for which one wants to secure protection, as well as the scope of the desired protection. Filing of a patent application
Presentation to the Patent Office of a duly lodged request in order to get a patent. First to file
System under which the patent is issued to the first inventor to have filed a patent application. In Morocco and in most of the other countries, the first person or company to file takes precedence over the other people who claim rights on the same invention. Industrial secrecy
Information relating to a product or a process, that an inventor hides to his competitors. Infringement of a patent
Manufacture, purchase or use of a patented invention, without the authorization of the inventor. Intellectual property
Form of creation which may be protected by a patent, a trademark, a copyright, an industrial design or a topography of integrated circuit. License
Authorization given to a company or a person to manufacture or sell an invention in exchange for royalties. Parent
Document under which a government grants to an inventor the right to prevent other people from manufacturing, employing or selling his invention in the country concerned. A Moroccan patent is valid in Morocco for a 20-year period after the date of filing of the request. The patent is made public 18 months after the date of filing. Patent Cooperation Treaty
International treaty providing for standardized filing formalities for foreign patent applications filed in the signatory countries. Patents inspector
An executive who has technical knowledge and whose task consists in examining whether the patent application meets the formal conditions. Prior patent application or registration
All of the patents already issued, patent applications and other publications which exist around the world and which refer to a patent application. Priority
Provision allowing inventors who want to file a foreign patent application to make the date of filing of the request in their own country be recognized by the countries who are signatories of the international agreement called Paris Convention. Search for prior patents registrations or applications
Examination of the patents already granted. One carries out a search for prior patent applications or registrations in order to determine if an applicant may assert rights on an invention or if a patent has already issued to someone else for the same invention or a similar invention. One carries out a search for infringement of a patent in order to check if a product or a process may be manufactured or used without having to secure an authorization or to pay royalties. One may also carry out a search for prior patent applications or registrations in order to get information on the existing technology. Topography of integrated circuit
Three-dimensional configuration of the electronic circuits which one finds in the diagrams or products of integrated circuits. |
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