Sentence examples for petty patent from inspiring English sources
It replaces the existing second tier petty patent system.
The author describes the main features of the new system, and how it compares with the petty patent system it replaces.
Most are for "petty" patents: middling technology that undergoes minimal review and receives only a 10-year term.
For the same period, information about the number of granted patents, petty patents, trademarks and industrial designs in Turkey were also collected.
Also known as "petty patents" or "innovation patents", these are offered in Australia, China.
Evans by this stage of his life had also established a poor reputation for himself amongst the milling community, and his abrasive and often petty pursuit of patent rights stiffened resistance.
Finally, there are countries that simply do not regard patent protection as a serious economic factor, so they are prepared to raise petty and nationalistic issues because their own interests are not really at stake.
