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What is a patent?
- Grant by the government of property rights to an inventor.
- gives the inventor the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention in the United States, or importing it into the United States.
- Essentially a monopoly for a limited period of time, in exchange for full disclosure of the invention.
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What are the types of patents? (3)
- Utility: issued for an article of manufacture, something tangible and functional - most engineering patents are of this type.
- Design: ornamental design of an article of manufacture.
- Plant: new or discovered plant that can be asexually reproduced.
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Litmus tests for a patent: (3)
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How long is a utility patent good for?
A period of 20 years.
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What is the first step of obtaining a utility patent? what is the significance?
- The filing of a provisional application for patent.
- This grants the inventor a period of 12 months to file the non-provisional application.
- The date the provisional application is filed is the date on which patent protection begins.
- Effectively extends the patent protection period from 20 years to 21 years.
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Describe the different scenarios of IP risk
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What are different values that IP (intellectual property) has to an organization?
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Defensive IP strategy:(1)
- Picket Fence:
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Offensive IP stategies: (2)
- Pre-emptive strike:
- Bridging:
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Timing of US patent filings:
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Timing of international patent filings:
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Public disclosure and patenting:
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