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.
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A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention. In other words, a patent is an exclusive right to a product or a process that generally provides a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem.
The advantages of patenting a manufacturing process In return for disclosing your inventive manufacturing process in a patent, you're able to prevent others from using the same process for a period of up to 20 years.
While ideas alone cannot be patented, you can obtain a patent on an invention that was developed from an idea. Note this: if you pursue a patent, an invention must be actually produced, or at minimum, a detailed description of the invention has to be included with the patent application.
How to Apply and File a Patent in India? STEP 1: Invention Disclosure. STEP 2: Patentability Search. STEP 3: Filing an Application for a Patent. STEP 4: Patent Drafting. STEP 5: Filing the Patent Application. STEP 6: Request for Examination. STEP 7: Responding to Objections (if any) ... STEP 8: Grant of Patent.
A utility patent covers the creation of a new or improved—and useful—product, process, or machine. A utility patent, also known as a "patent for invention," prohibits other individuals or companies from making, using, or selling the invention without authorization.
Patents may be granted for inventions in any field of technology, from an everyday kitchen utensil to a nanotechnology chip. An invention can be a product – such as a chemical compound, or a process, for example – a process for producing a specific chemical compound.
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.
In general, patent law only allows for the protection of new, useful, and non-obvious inventions. Thus, if your new use for an existing product is not novel or obvious, it may not be eligible for patent protection.
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. However, it must not fall into the categories of inventions that are non- patentable under sections 3 and 4 of the Act.
For instance, while a material may conventionally be used as a structural material, its use as a refractory material, or its use as a dielectric material in an electronic device, may be patentable.