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No, you can't copyright chemical compounds or names. Copyright only protects authored works, like songs, text, and software, where somebody “wrote” something, which doesn't apply to chemicals or their names or names of products.

You can't patent a formula, because you can't patent tools or ideas that are obvious. Even though math concepts are fundamental to many inventions, and may not seem obvious to the average person, they are excluded from the patent protection process.

Companies in the food and beverage industry might overlook significant advantages by not patenting their innovations. While there's a common belief that “recipes” cannot be patented, unique formulations and other aspects of food and beverage products often can be.

The short answer is yes – but it must be unique! Several conditions must be met for an invention to be patentable. Importantly, the recipe must be novel, involve an inventive step, and produce a useful result.

In the United States, there are three types of patents, all governed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO): utility, design, and plant. Chemical patents can protect chemical compounds, compositions of matter, methods of making the chemical compound or composition, and methods of use.

You cannot patent formulas for Mathematics, but you can patent formula applications such as software for applying the patent formula. If something is new, original, and useful can it be patented? If it involves an inventive step and is useful to trade or agriculture it can be patented.

All drinks contain certain ingredients that make them unique from others. A beverage's recipe, however, can pertain to the composition of matter or manufacture, while the method of ingredient combination falls under the process category. Therefore, this renders the formula eligible for patent consideration.

Can Ingredients be Patented? Though an ingredient itself cannot be patented (unless you somehow invented it), the use of it in a product or formula can be patented. Again, the presence of the ingredient cannot be obvious.

Chemical compounds are a significant and important area of patenting, and this trend is likely to continue as new technologies and applications for chemical compounds continue to emerge. If you're looking to patent a chemical compound or formula, thoroughly reviewing existing patents is the first priority.