Patentable Subject Matter
If you are an inventor, you may have thought about protecting your inventions. But what protections are available? One form of protection is to patent your invention. A utility patent confers the rights to exclude others from making, using, selling, offering for sale, or importing a device or invention covered by the patent into the […]
What is a patent?
WHAT A PATENT IS The answer to the question “What is a patent?’ may vary greatly, depending on the person answering the question and that person’s association with patents or the patent system. There are three basic characteristics commonly attributed to patents: The contractual characteristic. In viewing the patent as a contract, the focus is […]
