patentable claim

[/pəˈtɛntəbəl kleɪm/]
nounpl: patentable claims
reivindicação patenteável
1. A claim in a patent application that meets the legal and technical requirements for patentability, including novelty, non-obviousness, and usefulness
The inventor's patentable claim covers a new method for reducing energy consumption in industrial processes.
A reivindicação patenteável do inventor abrange um novo método para reduzir o consumo de energia em processos industriais.
2. A statement in a patent application that defines the scope of protection sought for an invention
Each patentable claim must clearly specify the technical features that distinguish the invention from prior art.
Cada reivindicação patenteável deve especificar claramente as características técnicas que distinguem a invenção da técnica anterior.
3. A claim that has been examined and determined to satisfy all requirements for patent grant by the relevant patent office
After three years of prosecution, the applicant finally obtained a patentable claim for their pharmaceutical composition.
Após três anos de processamento, o candidato finalmente obteve uma reivindicação patenteável para sua composição farmacêutica.
This term is fundamental in intellectual property law in both the USA and Brazil. In the United States, patentability is governed by the USPTO and requires compliance with 35 U.S.C. sections. In Brazil, the INPI (Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial) evaluates patentable claims under the Brazilian Industrial Property Law (Lei 9.279/1996). Patent professionals and inventors frequently work with patent examiners to ensure claims are patentable before patent grant.
Synonyms / Sinônimos
allowable claimpatentable inventioneligible claimacceptable claim
Antonyms / Antônimos
unpatentable claimrejected claiminvalid claimineligible claim

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
reivindicação patenteável
Standard term used in INPI (Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial) documentation
São Paulo
reivindicação patenteável
Commonly used in patent law firms and technology companies
Rio de Janeiro
reivindicação patenteável
Standard usage in legal and technical contexts
Portugal
reivindicação patenteável
Used with same meaning in Portuguese patent law; alternative: 'reivindicação elegível'

Related Words

patent applicationprior artnoveltynon-obviousnessclaim scopepatent prosecutionpatent examinerintellectual property

Related Idioms & Phrases

to draft a patentable claim
to obtain patentable claims
to narrow the scope of a patentable claim
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