Sentences with phrase «while utility patents»

While utility patents are issued for new and useful inventions, design patents cover non-functional, ornamental aspects of a product.

Not exact matches

The tribunal found that enforcing voluntary statements of utility assures that the public receives its end of the patent bargain while also preventing overclaiming.

In 2016, almost 10 000 European patents were validated in Poland by foreign entities while only 67 applications for utility models were filed.

This type of patent is an effective and relatively cost - friendly way to safeguard your invention for a year while you decide whether to file a utility patent application.

While a company might monetize unused utility patents through sale or license, it will typically keep its design rights to avoid giving away control of its brand.»

While it's always tempting for the Apple side of the competiton to say that Samsung has tried to copy something of Apple's such as the Apple Watch's Digital Crown in some way, the fact is that the utility and design patents behind this new design surfaced back in June and July 2014, well ahead of Apple's revelations of the Apple Watch with its Digital Crown.

Samsung was granted three design wins for hand - held medical devices and a most fascinating utility patent for an MRI unit that provides patients with a little entertainment while being in the MRI's confined space.