Patent Authority definition

Patent Authority means a governmental, intergovernmental, or government-authorized body responsible for receiving, examining, issuing, extending or maintaining patents.
Patent Authority means the Patent Authority of Finland unless otherwise stated. The Patent Authority of Finland is the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland, pursuant to provisions laid down separately.

Examples of Patent Authority in a sentence

  • The applicant shall pay the fee prescribed for the application to the Patent Authority.

  • If the Patent Authority considers that the finding was not justified, it shall proceed with the examination and other processing of the application in its entirety.

  • It may thus be prescribed that the records of the Patent Authority relating to applications filed shall be available to the public.

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  • The Patent Authority in this country is the Patent and Registration Office.

  • If the applicant so demands and pays the special fee, the Patent Authority under those conditions detailed in the regulations, shall allow the application to become subject to such novelty search by an International Searching Authority as referred to in Article 15(5) of the Patent Cooperation Treaty agreed at Washington on June 19, 1970.

  • If a person acting in good faith has requested the Patent Authority to record in the Register that a patent has been assigned to him or that he has obtained a licence under a patent or a pledge of a patent, prior assignment of the patent or rights therein shall not be enforceable against him if the other party has not previously requested registration as the assignee or proprietor of rights in the patent.

  • An application for a patent must be made in writing and filed with the Patent Authority, or in the case referred to in Part III, with a patent authority in a foreign country or with an international organization.

  • A granted patent shall be recorded in the Patent Register kept by the Patent Authority.

  • Legal proceedings in respect of a patent may always be brought against the party who is entered in the Register as proprietor of the patent, and any notification from the Patent Authority may be sent to him.

Related to Patent Authority

  • Competent Authority and ‘Appellate Authority’ shall mean the following:

  • Development Authority means the New Jersey Schools

  • Host Authority means the local authority appointed by the Parties under these arrangements to lead on a specified matter or function as set out in paragraphs 14 and 19.

  • competent authorities means the competent authorities of the Member States as identified on the websites listed in Annex II;

  • Port Authority means the port authority to be created pursuant to subclause (1) of Clause 13;

  • Government Authority means any nation or government or any province or state or any other political subdivision thereof, or any entity, authority or body exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including any government authority, agency, department, board, commission or instrumentality or any political subdivision thereof, any court, tribunal or arbitrator, and any self-regulatory organization or national or international stock exchange on which the securities of the applicable Party or its Affiliates are listed;

  • Contract Authority means the Board of Supervisors or the head of the department or agency presenting the proposed contract to the Board of Supervisors.

  • enforcement authority means any person or body having jurisdiction to enforce or to take action under or in respect of the relevant legal requirement.

  • applicant authority means a competent administrative authority which has been designated by a Party for this purpose and which makes a request for assistance on the basis of this Protocol;

  • Airport Authority means any city or any public or private board or other body or organization chartered or otherwise established for the purpose of administering, operating or managing airports or related facilities, which in each case is an owner, administrator, operator or manager of one or more airports or related facilities.

  • relevant authority means the authority of which M is a member;

  • Contracting Authority means any contracting authority as defined in Regulation 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006.

  • State licensing authority means the authority created for the purpose of regulating and controlling the licensing of the cultivation, manufacture, distribution, and sale of Medical Marijuana and Retail Marijuana in Colorado, pursuant to section 12-43.3-201, C.R.S.

  • Licensing authority means the department or division within each participating state which is authorized by law to issue or approve licenses or permits to hunt, fish, trap, or possess wildlife.

  • national competent authority means one or more entities designated by a Member State and having the necessary powers and allocated responsibilities for performing the tasks related to certification, oversight and enforcement in accordance with this Regulation and with the delegated and implementing acts adopted on the basis thereof, and with Regulation (EC) No 549/2004.

  • Approval Authority means the authority of a Member State with competence for all aspects of the approval of a type of vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit or of the individual approval of a vehicle; for the authorisation process, for issuing and, if appropriate, withdrawing approval certificates; for acting as the contact point for the approval authorities of other Member States; for designating the technical services and for ensuring that the manufacturer meets his obligations regarding the conformity of production;

  • Governmental Body means any: (a) nation, state, commonwealth, province, territory, county, municipality, district or other jurisdiction of any nature; (b) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other government; or (c) governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any governmental division, department, agency, commission, instrumentality, official, organization, unit, body or Entity and any court or other tribunal).

  • Revisional Authority means an authority appointed or authorised for revision of decision or orders as referred to in section 108;

  • Investment authority means the responsibility conferred by action of law or a provision of an appropriate governing instrument to make, select or change investments, review investment decisions made by others, or to provide investment advice or counsel to others;

  • CFDA means the Code of Federal Domestic Assistance assigned to a federal grant.

  • Management Authority means a national management authority designated in accordance with Article IX;

  • Government Authorities means, without limitation, all Government departments and agencies with responsibility for the import and export of goods, the collection of revenue on the import and export of goods and the transport of those goods to include, without limitation, Customs, AQIS, the ATO and the RSA;

  • Signing Authority means an officer or agent of the organization with written authorization to commit the legal entity to a binding agreement.

  • investigating authority means an authority that in terms of legislation may investigate unlawful activities;

  • Regulatory Authority means any applicable supra-national, federal, national, regional, state, provincial or local regulatory agencies, departments, bureaus, commissions, councils or other government entities regulating or otherwise exercising authority with respect to the Exploitation of a Licensed Compound or a Licensed Product in the Territory.

  • Governmental Entity means any nation or government, any state, province or other political subdivision thereof, any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including any court, arbitrator (public or private) or other body or administrative, regulatory or quasi-judicial authority, agency, department, board, commission or instrumentality of any federal, state, local or foreign jurisdiction.