L05 - Patents Flashcards
1
Q
Intellectual property (IP)
A
Mostly in US
FOUR TYPES…
1) Patents
2) Trade secrets
3) Trademarks
4) Copyrights
2
Q
Patents
A
Protect new inventions or ideas
Utility patents and design patents are children of patents
provisional patents and non provisional patents are children of utility patents
Can patent…
- Processes
- Articles of manufacture
- Machines
- Compositions of matter
- Improvements to all
Can NOT patent…
- Law of nature
- Phenomena
- Abstract ideas
- Mathematical solutions
- Scientific principles
- Atomic weapons
- Illegal devices
- Naturally occurring items
- Method that is purely mental
3
Q
Patent rights
A
The right to exclude others from making, using or selling ur invention
IN EXCHANGE for FULL disclosure of the invention to the public
Utility patent lasts 20 years from date of FILIING
Design patent lasts 14 years from date of issue
4
Q
provisional vs nonprovisional application process
A
PROVISIONAL
- QUICK AND CHEAP
- Placeholder of 1 year that est. a priority date
NONPROVISIONAL
- Takes 3-5 years
5
Q
Utility vs design non provisional patents
A
Utility…
- PROTECTS HOW THE INVENTION WORKS OR IS MADE
- Multiple claims
- Functionality
- $5k to 15k to file
Design…
- Single claim
- $1.5k to $2k
- Cannot be functional
- PROTEXTS HOW IT WORKS
