Benefits provided to the employee for his services before his pension, or retirement plan was started.

The initial value of any pension plan , which usually constitutes annuity credits, only vested till the effective date .

A method of food preservation derived by Louis Pasteur, a French microbiologist. Usually, considerably high temperatures are given to the food in order to deavctivate several enzymes. The food needs […]

In Spanish law. Feeding; pasture; a right of pasture. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit 1, c. 6,

Lat. A shepherd. Applied to a minister of the Christian religion, who has charge of a congregation , Iieuce called his “flock.” See First Presbyterian Church v. Myers, 5 Okl. […]

Land on which cattle are fed; also the right of pasture. Co. Litt 46.

In feudal law. The procuration or provision which tenants were bound to make for their lords at certain times, or as often as they made a progress to their lands. […]

A small program which is designed to fix a ‘bug’, or a number of ‘bugs’ in another software program. Patches are commonly included in the shape of ‘updates’.

Know all men by these presents. Words with which letters of attorney anciently commenced. Reg. Orig. 3056, 300.

A patent is a legal document which provides protection to the ideas of any individual . Usually issued by the Patent Office of a country, the patent is granted to […]

name that is given to a federal court that is established in order to review customs and the decisions of courts.

An application submitted to the patent office by the inventor of any item, machinery or process, which allows him/ her or the company to gain sole rights to their invention.

Extended to all those who signed at the Paris Convention , this treaty was published in 1978, and provides the requirements of procedure for obtaining a patent, making it easier […]

a term that is applied to the obvious danger and or peril.

A defect, or anomaly in any item that might cause it to malfunction. Can be found easily upon inspection .

a term that is used when a person’s patent is violated or encroached upon.

the term given to the branch of law that deals with patents.

the office that is a subdivision of the US Department of Commerce that deals with patents.

A simple designation whose basic purpose is to ward off any competitors who might be looking to breach on the copyrights, a ‘ patent pending ‘ item is one whose […]

Once the patent has been granted, a patent reexamination might be undertaken to determine whether the usefulness, or claims of the patent still hold true or not.

the term given to the priviledge that is secured by a patent.

When it comes to shares, a patent ‘share’ is a reference to the share of percentage that is owned by one subset. A patent share might be divided between countries […]

the term given to a law suit dealing with the validity of a patent or the alleged violation of a patent.

A patent troll is a company, which acquires a range of different patents, without ever having the intention of creating any of the products. The primary purpose of a patent […]

adj. Open; manifest; evident; unsealed. Used in this sense in such phrases as “patent ambiguity,” “patent writ” ” letters patent “