Understanding Patent Applications [IP Corner]
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2012Author
Corcoran, Peter
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Corcoran, P.M. (2012) 'Understanding Patent Applications [IP Corner]'. Consumer Electronics Magazine, IEEE, 1 (2):74-78.
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In order to obtain the grant of a patent, a person or more commonly an organization, must file an application at a patent office with jurisdiction to grant a patent in the relevant geographic area. This is often be a national patent office but could be a regional body, such as the European Patent Office.