One of two patents, neither of which can be effectively practiced without infringing the other. • For example, if A patents an improvement of B’s patented invention, A cannot practice the improvement without infringing B’s patent. Nor can B use the improvement without infringing A’s patent. Owners of blocking patents often cross-license each other. See […]
continuation-in-part. Patents. A patent application filed during the pendency of an earlier application by the same applicant, repeating a substantial part of the earlier application but adding to or subtracting from the claims. 35 USCA § 120. • This type of application contains new technical descriptions from the inventor or reflects im-provements made since the
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foot-frontage rule. Tax. A method of property-tax assessment — used esp. to pay for improvements such as sidewalks and sewers — that considers only the lot’s actual frontage on the line of improvement and ignores the depth of the lot and the number and character of other improvements or their value.
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Federal Highway Administration. A unit in the U.S. Department of Transportation responsible for granting aid to states for highway construction and improvement; providing matching grants to states for highway-safety programs; seeking uniformity among the states in commercial motor-carrier registration and taxation; regulating the safety of motor carriers operating in interstate commerce; and training employees of
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improved value. Real estate. In the appraisal of property, the value of the land plus the value of any improvements.
revision, n. 1. A reexamination or careful review for correction or improvement. 2. Parliamentary law. A general and thorough rewriting of a governing document, in which the entire document is open to amendment (bylaws revision). 3. Military law. The reconvening of a general or special court-martial to revise its action or to correct the record
improved land. Real property that has been developed. • The improvements may or may not enhance the value of the land.
invention n. 发明 在《专利法典》〔Patent Code〕上，有两重含义，一是指创造新事物的行为或过程；另一种是指由该行为或过程而形成的创造物。就后者而言，各国专利法对之规定亦有所不同，如美国1952年《专利法典》〔Patent Code〕规定，可以获得专利的发明是指新颖而有用的制造方法、机器、制造品、物质的组成，或者对它们的新颖而有用的改进。通常，发明是发明人的一项思想，能在实践中解决技术领域的某个具体问题。实际上，确定发明的含义应与其可被授予专利性〔patentability〕相结合，即该技术方案是否符合专利法规定的要求，从而成为可授予专利的发明〔patentable invention〕。 (→patent; improvement on invention; patentable invention)
Obsolescence that results either from inherent deficiencies in the property, such as inadequate equipment or design, or from improvements in the property since its use began. Cf. economic obsolescence.
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