cdmlib-model/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/model/reference/IPatent.java

   1 /**
   2 * Copyright (C) 2009 EDIT
   3 * European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy
   4 * http://www.e-taxonomy.eu
   5 *
   6 * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
   7 * See LICENSE.TXT at the top of this package for the full license terms.
   8 */
   9
  10 package eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.reference;
  11
  12 /**
  13  * This interface represents patents. A patent is a document containing the set of
  14  * exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or his assignee for a
  15  * fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an invention.
  16  * <P>
  17  * This class corresponds, according to the TDWG ontology, to the publication type
  18  * term (from PublicationTypeTerm): "Patent".
  19  */
  20 public interface IPatent extends IReference {
  21
  22 }