This Handbook provides an overview of federal patent and trademark law. Information discussed includes types of patents and trademarks, duration of registration, requirements for obtaining, a guide to the application process, protecting your patent or trademark, and much more in 18 pages of materials.
Patent Use Can For Product Or Process In Ohio
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Legally, a utility patent may cover “any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof.” A design patent may cover “any new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture,” and a plant patent may cover a “distinct and new variety of ...
What can be patented? An invention relating either to a product or process that is new, involving an inventive step and capable of industrial application can be patented.
Technically, it is possible to patent a new use of an existing product. Realistically, it might not be worth applying because you would have to show that the new use is nonobvious. Even if you believe your use to spectacularly nonobvious, expect an uphill battle.
A product patent is intended to protect an investor's product. This is facilitated by providing a safeguard to the original innovator to ease competition toward a similar product. Whereas, a process patent is primarily used to protect the procedures via which one produces the product and not the product itself.
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The typical method of filing a patent application is using the USPTO's Patent Center Website. Navigate to the Patent Center portal and create a USPTO account.The Pro Se Assistance Program is dedicated to help independent inventors and small businesses meet their goal of protecting valuable intellectual property. The safest course is to file a United States patent application before any public use, publication, disclosure or sale of the invention occurs. This guide will help you navigate the resources we provide at The Ohio State University Libraries as a Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC). (73) Filing an application without an attorney is possible, but even with some guidance it is definitely not without its challenges. This page provides information on the types of patents and types of patent applications, and the examination process. You must submit specifications and drawings, with enough detail that your invention could be constructed from the description. It is best to file a patent application as soon as possible, and advisable to file the application before public disclosure of the invention. Licensed Product identifies the products that licensee can make, use and sell.