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Types of Patents That Are Filed
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Patent Types
A patent is 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.
A design patent may be granted to anyone who invents a new, original, and
ornamental design for an article of manufacture.
A plant application patent is an application to protect invented or discovered,
asexually reproduced plant varieties.
A utility patent may be granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new,
useful, and non-obvious process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition
of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof.
A non-provisional patent application is an application for patent filed
under 35 U.S.C. 111(a) that includes all patent applications (i.e., utility,
design, plant, and reissue) except provisional applications. The non-provisional
application establishes the filing date and initiates the examination process.
A non-provisional utility patent application must include a specification,
including a claim or claims; drawings, when necessary; an oath or declaration;
and the prescribed filing fee.
A provisional patent application is a U. S. national application for patent
filed in the USPTO under 35 U.S.C. § 111(b). It allows filing without
a formal patent claim, oath or declaration, or any information disclosure
(prior art) statement. It provides the means to establish an early effective
filing date in a non-provisional patent application filed under 35 U.S.C. § 111(a)
and automatically becomes abandoned after one year. It also allows the term "Patent
Pending" to be applied.
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