Patent – Discussion and Suggestions

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Patent – Discussion and Suggestions

This article looks like the open discussion about the Patent and patenting the new invention.

Question 1: What is Patent?

Question 4: Who can obtain the Patent?

An inventor or company assigned by the inventor can obtain the patent over his/her invention.

Question 5: What kind of Protection does a Patent offer?

Patent protection means that the invention cannot be commercially made, used, distributed or sold without the patent owner's consent/written permission. If any company/person wants to use that invention, they may need to buy that patent rights or to give royalty to that patent owner.

Question 6: How many inventors can joint together in a single patent application?

Question 7: Can a person get Patent for other person's invention?

Yes, a person assigned by the inventor can obtain the patent for that inventor's invention. Here the patent owner is that assigned person, but the inventor name only present in the Patent inventor's column.

Question 8: How a patent is filed?

The inventor or his assignee obtains a patent by filing a patent application to the patent office in the stipulated forms as required by the Patent act of that country.

A patent examiner of patent office checks the novelty features of the patent application with the current state of the art available.

Question 10: Which invention qualifies for the grant of a patent?

Question 11: Why an inventor should go for a patent?

Question 13: When will the patent get expire?

A patent can expire in the following ways:

The patent has lived its full term i.e. the term specified by the patent act of the country.

Question 15: Is there any International/Global patent office?

There is no International or Global Patent.

Question 16: Is there any International/Global law for patent?

The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international patent law treaty, concluded in 1970.

The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is a patent law multilateral treaty concluded on June 1, 2000 in Geneva, Switzerland, by 53 States and one intergovernmental organization, the European Patent Organization.

The Substantive Patent Law Treaty (SPLT) is a proposed international patent law treaty aimed at harmonizing substantive points of patent law.

Question 20: Does a Patentee sell his patent to any person/company?

Question 21: Is any rule, only the Patent attorneys do the patent draft?

Questions 22: How would you know about your patent application status?

Questions 23: Is the Patent office assist the inventors for developing and marketing of their patents?

Question 24: Which are the main sources for patent information?

National Patent offices, International Information vendors like Dialog, Orbit, Delphion, patent storm etc., free or charge based patent web sites on Internet.