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).
Definition. The term patent application refers to the legal and administrative proceedings of requesting the issuance of a patent for an invention, as well as to the physical document and content of the description and claims of the invention, including its procedural paper work.
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.
On the other hand, a “granted patent” refers to a patent application that has successfully passed the scrutiny of the patent office, leading to the issuance of a patent. This grant affirms that the invention is novel, non-obvious, and useful, meeting all patentability criteria.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Utility patent application: may be filed by anyone who invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof.