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What is a Patent?
A patent is a property right given by
the government to "exclude" others from making, using, offering for
sale, or selling an invention.
In order to obtain a patent, an invention must be new, useful, and
not obvious. The applicant for a patent usually must be the true
inventor, he or she must be the first person to invent it, and the
application must be filed within one year of the first sale,
publication, or public use of the invention. A patent application
must disclose enough information for someone to be able to make and
use the invention, including the best way that the inventor knows of
doing it. Patent rights expire 20 years from the date the
application is filed.
Quality Patents
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