Auslegeschrift
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Auslegeschrift was, in German patent law, the second reading, or publication, of a patent application
. It has been examined and published
.
German patents are often numbered or cited
by the Auslegeschrift. This staged system was, from 1981 onwards, dropped. However, it continues to exist in many patent searches.
Patent application
A patent application is a request pending at a patent office for the grant of a patent for the invention described and claimed by that application. An application consists of a description of the invention , together with official forms and correspondence relating to the application...
. It has been examined and published
Publication
To publish is to make content available to the public. While specific use of the term may vary among countries, it is usually applied to text, images, or other audio-visual content on any medium, including paper or electronic publishing forms such as websites, e-books, Compact Discs and MP3s...
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German patents are often numbered or cited
Citation
Broadly, a citation is a reference to a published or unpublished source . More precisely, a citation is an abbreviated alphanumeric expression Broadly, a citation is a reference to a published or unpublished source (not always the original source). More precisely, a citation is an abbreviated...
by the Auslegeschrift. This staged system was, from 1981 onwards, dropped. However, it continues to exist in many patent searches.
See also
- European patent lawEuropean patent lawEuropean patent law covers a wide 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....
- History of patent lawHistory of patent lawThe history of patents and patent laws is generally considered to have started in Italy with a Venetian Statute of 1474 which was issued by the Republic of Venice. They issued a decree by which new and inventive devices, once they had been put into practice, had to be communicated to the Republic...
- List of patent legal concepts