The ''Auslegeschrift'' was, in German patent law, the second reading, or publication, of a
patent application
A patent application is a request pending at a patent office for the grant of a patent for an invention described in the patent specification and a set of one or more claims stated in a formal document, including necessary official forms and re ...
. It has been
examined and
published
Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the creation and distribution of printed works, such as books, newsp ...
.
German patents are often numbered or
cited
A citation is a reference to a source. More precisely, a citation is an abbreviated alphanumeric expression embedded in the body of an intellectual work that denotes an entry in the bibliographic references section of the work for the purpose of ...
by the ''Auslegeschrift''.
[German patent numbering system]
. Accessed July 7, 2008. This staged system was, from 1981 onwards, dropped.
However, it continues to exist in many patent searches.
[See, ''e.g.'']
Google search for Auslegeschrift
Accessed July 7, 2008.
See also
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European patent law
European patent law covers a range of legislations including national patent laws, the Strasbourg Convention of 1963, the European Patent Convention of 1973, and a number of European Union directives and regulations. For some states in Eastern ...
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History of patent law
The history of patents and patent law is generally considered to have started with the Venetian Statute of 1474.
Early precedents
There is some evidence that some form of patent rights was recognized in Ancient Greece. In 500 BCE, in the Greek ...
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Glossary of patent law terms
This is a list of legal terms relating to patents. A patent is not a right to practice or use the invention, but a territorial right to exclude others from commercially exploiting the invention, granted to an inventor or his successor in rights ...
References
German patent law
Legal history of Germany
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