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2. United States patent law - Wikipedia

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   This statute allows the US government to override patent protection (or contract another entity to do so) for public-use purposes. The patent owner can sue for limited compensation. [36] Invention Secrecy Act (1951) Patent Act of 1790, First Patent Act - April 7, 1790; Patent Act of 1836; Patent Act of 1870; Patent Act of 1952; Patent Reform ...

3. Patentable subject matter in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In October 2005, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued interim guidelines [32] for patent examiners to determine if a given claimed invention meets the statutory requirements of being a useful process, manufacture, composition of matter or machine (35 U.S.C. § 101). These guidelines assert that a process, including a ...

4. Title 35 of the United States Code - Wikipedia

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   An invention must meet several requirements to be eligible for a patent. The invention must concern patentable subject matter. [5] The invention must be novel and the application for a patent on the invention must be timely. [6] The invention must be non-obvious. [7] Finally, the invention must be sufficiently documented. [8]

5. Inventive step and non-obviousness - Wikipedia

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   The purpose of the inventive step, or non-obviousness, requirement is to avoid granting patents for inventions which only follow from "normal product design and development", to achieve a proper balance between the incentive provided by the patent system, namely encouraging innovation, and its social cost, namely conferring temporary monopolies. [4]

6. Patentability - Wikipedia

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   Judging patentability is one aspect of the official examination of a patent application performed by a patent examiner and may be tested in post-grant patent litigation. Prior to filing a patent application, inventors sometimes obtain a patentability opinion from a patent agent or patent attorney regarding whether an invention satisfies the ...

7. Patent application - Wikipedia

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   Most patent offices also require that the application includes an abstract which provides a summary of the invention to aid searching. A title must also generally be provided for the application. [7] Each patent office has rules relating to the form of the specification, defining such things as paper size, font, layout, section ordering and ...