What
is a PatentBasically a patent protects you from someone stealing,
using or profiting from your idea without your permission.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office defines a patent as:
| "A property right granted by the Government of the United States of America to an inventor “to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention throughout the United States or importing the invention into the United States” for a limited time in exchange for public disclosure of the invention when the patent is granted." |
There
are several different types of patents:
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Utility patents may be granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, article of manufacture, or compositions of matters, or any new useful improvement thereof. Design patents may be granted to anyone who invents a new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture. Plant patents may be granted to anyone who invents or discovers and asexually reproduces any distinct and new variety of plant. |
| Links From The The United States Patent and Trademark Office |
See Also (From the USPTO website)
| Design
Patent Non provisional Patent Application Plant Patent Provisional Patent Application Reexamination Proceedings Reissue Application, Utility Patent |
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