Converse of object

• infringe: The MorphoSys action asked the court to revoke CAT's Griffiths patent and/or declare that MorphoSys does not infringe the patent.

• revoke: The hearing officer had, therefore, been right to revoke the patent.

• grant: The office must halt its current practice of granting patents for software, a practice for which there is no legal basis.

• obtain: He set a new tone in the world of photography by sharing his findings openly without obtaining a patent.

• violate: Microsoft's conferencing software was found to violate a patent and must pay $ 62.3 million in damages.

• amend: This is an alternative to the existing possibility of the proprietor amending the patent under the 1977 Act.

Adjective modifier

• granted: Granted patents relating to the target antigen are available for licensing.

• provisional: After filing for provisional patents was complete, Tony Hickson contacted InnovationRCA for assistance with design and rapid prototyping.

• European: A further 6 states can be covered by extension of the European patent.

• worldwide: Includes a list of links to worldwide patent related sites.

Modifies a noun

• infringement: Google the world's most infamous internet search engine is being sued for patent infringement.

• attorney: My degree has allowed me to become a patent attorney, without a science degree I would not have been employed in this area.

• foramen: Is there any evidence for increased incidence of patent foramen ovale ( PFO ) in children?

• expiry: There are some drug groups for which we get regular enquiries on the patent expiry dates for all the group.

• litigation: US Biotech company Mycogen is currently spending over half its net income on patent litigation!

• application: For example, a UK patent application filed on Monday will not be deemed to have a filing date of 7 or 8 July.

Noun used with modifier

• software: Many of the software patents granted in the US are simply existing ideas with " over the Internet " added to them.

• letter: These letters patent are not recorded on the patent roll ( CChR, 132741, pp.

Preposition: for

• invention: Although he held patents for many inventions, he never applied for patents for either design in this category.