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Top Ten Tips for American Invention Patent Application

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2016-09-26 15:57

1. Inventors, applicants (when they are not the same person as the inventor), agents, and other persons involved in the preparation and examination of patent applications have the obligation to voluntarily explain when dealing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

2. The patent application must contain a description and at least one detailed embodiment to enable those skilled in the art to make or use the invention according to the contents of the description without extensive testing.

3. Many objects can be patented in the United States, but may not be patented in other countries, such as plants, animals, and medical treatments. Unlike most other countries, the United States previously did not specifically require a technical solution when considering the patentability of an invention.

4. In order to be authorized, the invention must be novel, practical and non-obvious.

5. It is very important to fill in the correct inventor.

6 Before a patent is granted, the United States Patent and Trademark Office will examine the claims for novelty, utility and non-obviousness.

7. As long as the fees are paid in accordance with the regulations, the term of the invention patent right is twenty years, calculated from the date of application.

8. Usually, a patent application shall be published 18 months from the date of application (priority refers to the priority date). The contents of the patent application documents will also be disclosed.

9. Provisional applications may also be filed in US patent applications. Note that the provisional application does not claim priority from another application.

10, the U.S. patent system to give small-scale entities (small entities) royalties halved concessions, for micro-entities (micro-entity) relief is up to 75%.