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Patents Vocabulary and DiscussionLegal English/ Technical English/ collocations/ word formation

Part One: Discuss and remember the patents vocabulary parts of speechChoose topics below and talk about them as long as you can. Your partner will ask you forfurther details and/ or add to what you said. A dash () means opposite ideas.

1 intellectual property2 patent law/ patent act3 types of patent (business method patents, chemical patents, patent protection for

pharmaceutical inventions, patenting of genes, software patents)4 filing a patent application (request, specification, claims, drawings, abstract) patentability/ conditions for granting a patent (patentable sub!ect matter/ novelty/ utility/

inventive step/ non"obviousness/ industrial applicability) # decision to refuse a patent/refusal of a patent (publicly $nown/ publicly used/ described in a distributed publica"tion/ made publicly available through electronic telecommunication/ obvious modifica"tions of previous inventions)

% first"to"file principle/ first"to"file system # first"to"invent system& prior art (' evidence that can be used to demonstrate what inventions have been in"

vented before) one"year grace* period for filing inventions (' inventors can use the application in pub"

lic, and even sell it commercially, for one year without filing a patent application,without losing patent rights)

+ patent prosecution (' procedures for obtaining a patent right)

1 certificate of patent11 e-clusive rights12 term of patent/ term of protection (e.g. 2 years from the filing date)13 patent licensing14 patent enforcement/ patent infringement (litigation)1 patent amendments1% patent disclosure/ publication of patent application1& invalidation of a patent1 harmoniation of patentability standards (0uropean atent ffice, the atent oopera"

tion reaty 56 signatory countries, the 7orld rade rganiation8s rade 9elated:ntellectual roperty 9ights 59:;6 agreement)

Ask about any topics above which you are not sure about.

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All the words below are correct in nglish but many of them are in the wrong type of word(noun! verb! etc) for the conte"t that they are in. #ry to remember or think of the suitable

other parts of speech in those phrases.

1 intellect property2 types of patent (business method patents, chemistry patents, patent protect for phar"

maceutical inventions, patenting of genetic, software patents)3 filing a patent apply (request, specify, claims, drawings, abstract)4 patentability/ conditional for granting a patent (patentability sub!ect matter/ novelty/ util"

ity/ invention step/ non"obviousness/ industry applicability) # decision to refuse a pat"ent/ refuse of a patent (public $nown/ publicly used/ described in a distributed publish/made publicly availability through electronic telecommunication/ obvious modify of pre"vious inventions)

first"to"file principle/ first"to"file system # first"to"invention system% priority art (' evidence that can be used to demonstrate what inventions have been in"

vented before)& one"year grace* periodic for filing inventions (' inventors can use the application in

public, and even sell it commercially, for one year without filing a patent application,without losing patent rights)

patent prosecute (' procedures for obtaining a patent right)+ certificated of patent1 e-clusively rights11 term of patent/ term of protect (e.g. 2 years from the filing date)12 patent licensed

13 patent enforcement/ patent infringe (litigation)14 patent amend1 patent disclose/ publication of patent application1% invalid of a patent1& harmonie of patentability standards (0uropean atent ffice, the atent ooperation

reaty 56 signatory countries, the 7orld rade rganiation8s rade 9elated :ntel"lectual roperty 9ights 59:;6 agreement)

$se the version below with words that need to be changed in bold to help check youranswers.

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1 intellectproperty

2 types of patent (business method patents, chemistrypatents, patent protectfor phar"maceutical inventions, patenting of genetic, software patents)3 filing a patent apply (request, specify, claims, drawings, abstract)4 patentability/ conditionalfor granting a patent (patentabilitysub!ect matter/ novelty/

utility/ inventionstep/ non"obviousness/ industryapplicability) # decision to refuse apatent/ refuseof a patent (public $nown/ publicly used/ described in a distributed publish/ made publicly availabilitythrough electronic telecommunication/ obvious modifyof previous inventions)

first"to"file principle/ first"to"file system # first"to"inventionsystem% priorityart (' evidence that can be used to demonstrate what inventions have been

invented before)

& one"year grace* periodic for filing inventions (' inventors can use the application inpublic, and even sell it commercially, for one year without filing a patent application,without losing patent rights)

patent prosecute(' procedures for obtaining a patent right)+ certificatedof patent1 e!clusivelyrights11 term of patent/ term of protect(e.g. 2 years from the filing date)12 patent licensed13 patent enforcement/ patent infringe(litigation)14 patent amend1 patent disclose/ publication of patent application

1% invalidof a patent1& harmoni"eof patentability standards (0uropean atent ffice, the atent ooperation

reaty 56 signatory countries, the 7orld rade rganiation8s rade 9elated :ntel"lectual roperty 9ights 59:;6 agreement)

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Part Two:Patents discussion #uestions