patent office in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for patent office in the English»French Dictionary

Patent Office Brit, Patent and Trademark Office Am N

Patent Office

≈ Institut m national de la propriété industrielle

Translations for patent office in the English»French Dictionary

I.patent [Brit ˈpat(ə)nt, ˈpeɪt(ə)nt, Am ˈpætnt] N

1. patent (document):

patent

brevet m (for, on pour)

to hold/to take out a patent

détenir/obtenir un brevet

to come out of patent or off patent

tomber dans le domaine public

patent pending

en cours de brevetage m

2. patent (patented invention):

patent

invention f brevetée

II.patent [Brit ˈpat(ə)nt, ˈpeɪt(ə)nt, Am ˈpætnt] ADJ

1. patent (obvious):

patent

manifeste

2. patent LAW (licensed):

patent

breveté

III.patent [Brit ˈpat(ə)nt, ˈpeɪt(ə)nt, Am ˈpætnt] VB trans LAW

patent

faire breveter

IV.patented ADJ

patented

breveté

I.office [Brit ˈɒfɪs, Am ˈɔfɪs, ˈɑfɪs] N

1. office (room or place of work):

office

bureau m

the accounts office

le service comptable

doctor's/dentist's office Am

cabinet m médical/dentaire

lawyer's office

étude f de notaire

lawyer's office

cabinet m de notaire

to work in an office

travailler dans un bureau, être employé/-e de bureau

the whole office knows

tout le bureau est au courant

a day at the office

une journée au bureau

a day at the office attr equipment, furniture, staff, job

de bureau

to go on an office outing

sortir avec les gens de son bureau

2. office (position):

office

fonction f

office

charge f

to perform the office of

remplir les fonctions de

to be in or hold office president, mayor:

être en fonction

to be in or hold office minister:

avoir un portefeuille

to be in or hold office political party:

être au pouvoir

to take office president, mayor:

entrer en fonction

to take office political party:

arriver au or prendre le pouvoir

to go out of office or leave office president, mayor:

quitter ses fonctions

to go out of office or leave office minister:

perdre son portefeuille

to go out of office or leave office political party:

perdre le pouvoir

to stand Brit or run Am for office

être candidat aux élections

to rise to high office

être promu à un poste élevé

3. office REL:

office

office m

the office for the dead

l'office des morts

II.offices N npl

1. offices (services):

offices form

offices mpl

offices form

aide f

through their good offices

par leurs bons offices

2. offices Brit (of property):

‘the usual offices’ (including outbuildings)

‘cuisine f et dépendances fpl ’

‘the usual offices’ (in smaller house)

‘cuisine f et salle f de bains’

patent office in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for patent office in the English»French Dictionary

patent office N

patent office

institut m de la propriété industrielle

Translations for patent office in the English»French Dictionary

I.patent [ˈpeɪtənt, Am ˈpætənt] N LAW

patent

brevet m

to take out a patent on sth

faire breveter qc

II.patent [ˈpeɪtənt, Am ˈpætənt] ADJ

1. patent (protected under a patent):

patent

breveté(e)

2. patent form (evident, unmistakable):

patent

manifeste

3. patent FASHION (polished):

patent handbag, jacket, shoes

verni(e)

III.patent [ˈpeɪtənt, Am ˈpætənt] VB trans

patent

breveter

office [ˈɒfɪs, Am ˈɑ:fɪs] N

1. office (room for working):

office

bureau m

to stay at the office

rester au bureau

the finance office

le bureau des finances

a doctor's office Am

un cabinet de médecin

2. office (authoritative position):

office

fonction f

to hold office

être au pouvoir

to hold office minister, mayor

être en fonction

to be out of office

ne plus être au pouvoir

to come into office

arriver au pouvoir

Office N Brit (government department)

Office

ministère m

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The application was rejected by the patent office and by an appeal board.

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The fees to be paid to the patent office depend on the applicant's status.

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Third, the courts and the patent office have rapidly proposed, modified, and deprecated several tests for determining the scope of equivalents of a means-plus-function element.

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Second, the courts, as well as the patent office, have been somewhat inconsistent in specifying rules for when the means-plus-function interpretation is triggered.

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In the other seven cases, the patent office agreed and ordered reexaminations.

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This restructuring of the patent office allowed for more efficient process of patent applications.

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If the requirements for the award of a filing date are not met, the patent office will notify the applicant of the deficiencies.

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During the 1990s, federal courts began reversing earlier decisions made by the patent office that restricted the patenting of software.

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