FAQs Patent Questions

Question:What is a patent?

Answer:
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.

Question:How are patents accessible in the Electronic Official Gazette - Patents?

Answer:
Patents are accessible by patent number, classification, a range of classes, patent type, and patentee name. There are also indexes by geographic location of the inventor, both by state and country.

Question:Final Patent rejections may be appealed at the U.S patent and Trademark office.

Answer:
If the examiner persists in the rejection of any of the claims in an application, or if the rejection has been made final, the applicant may appeal to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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