Types of patents. There are three types of patents: utility, design and plant. Utility and plant patent applications can be provisional and nonprovisional. Provisional applications may not be filed for design inventions.
A patent application is a request pending at a patent office for the grant of a patent for an invention described in the patent specification and a set of one or more claims stated in a formal document, including necessary official forms and related correspondence.
Some examples of design patents include ornamental designs on jewelry, automobiles or furniture, as well as packaging, fonts, and computer icons (such as emojis). Some famous design patent objects include the original curvy Coca-Cola bottle (1915) and the Statue of Liberty (1879).
Types of Patents UTILITY PATENT. "are granted for new, useful, & nonobvious processes, machines, manufactured articles, compositions, or improvements in any of the above. DESIGN PATENT. "are available for the invention of new, original, & ornamental designs for articles of manufacture. PLANT PATENT.
Patent applications: the three criteria Novelty. This means that your invention must not have been made public – not even by yourself – before the date of the application. Inventive step. This means that your product or process must be an inventive solution. Industrial applicability.
A quick definition of Patent applied for: It means that the government is still looking at the application and hasn't decided if the invention can be patented yet.
The types of patent application are: Provisional Application. Ordinary or Non-Provisional Application. Convention Application. PCT International Application. PCT National Phase Application. Patent of Addition. Divisional Application.
I) It should be novel. ii) It should have inventive step. iii) It should be capable of Industrial application. iv) It should not attract the provisions of section 3 and 4 of the Patents Act 1970.
A patent application often includes the following primary sections: Invention Title. The title's objective is to provide a clear understanding of the invention or idea. Prior Art: Context and Novelty. Invention Summary. Drawings and Descriptions. Detailed Description. Claims. Scope. Characteristics.
The specification should be in conformity with the requirements of the Patents Act 1992 and Patents Rules 1992, typed or printed on single sided A4 pages with margins of 2 to 3 centimeters. These margins should be blank, and each page should be numbered. Two copies of the specification must be submitted.