The Substantive Patent Law Treaty (SPLT) is a proposed international A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a government to an inventor or applicant for a limited amount of time (normally maximum 20 years from the filing date, depending on extension). ...patent law A treaty is a binding agreement under international law concluded by subjects of international law, namely states and international organizations. ...treaty aimed at harmonizing substantive points of patent law. In contrast with the The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is a patent law multilateral treaty concluded on June 1, 2000 in Geneva, Switzerland, by 53 States and one intergovernmental organization, the European Patent Organisation. ...Patent Law Treaty (PLT), signed in 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2000 and now in force, which only relates to formalities, the SPLT aims at going far beyond formalities to harmonize substantive requirements such as Novelty is a patentability test, according to which an invention is not patentable if it was already known before the date of filing, or before the date of priority if a priority is claimed, of the patent application. ...novelty, inventive step and Non-obviousness is a patentability test, in US patent law. ...non_obviousness, industrial applicability and This article is about utility in economics and in game theory. ...utility, as well as sufficient disclosure, unity of invention, or Patent claims define the extent of the protection conferred by a patent, in technical terms. ...claim drafting and interpretation.

See also

• The Patent Cooperation Treaty (or PCT) provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions worldwide. ...Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
• The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is a patent law multilateral treaty concluded on June 1, 2000 in Geneva, Switzerland, by 53 States and one intergovernmental organization, the European Patent Organisation. ...Patent Law Treaty (PLT)
• The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is one of the specialized agencies of the United Nations, and has as its core objectives the promotion of creative intellectual activity and the facilitation of the transfer of technology related to intellectual property to the developing countries in order to accelerate economic, social...World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, signed in Paris, France, on March 20, 1883, is an important and one of the first intellectual property treaties. ...Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
• The Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention or Strasbourg Convention is a multilateral treaty signed by Member States of the Council of Europe on November 27, 1963 in Strasbourg, France. ... Strasbourg Convention (1963)
• The WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) is an international agreement on the subject of intellectual property. It covers copyright, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, industrial designs, geographical indicia and integrated circuit layouts. ...TRIPs Agreement

External links

• Substantive Patent Law Harmonization (http://www.wipo.int/patent/law/en/harmonization.htm) on the The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is one of the specialized agencies of the United Nations, and has as its core objectives the promotion of creative intellectual activity and the facilitation of the transfer of technology related to intellectual property to the developing countries in order to accelerate economic, social...WIPO web site