Patent protection is granted for a limited period, generally 20 years from the filing date of the application.
Throughout the term of the patent at pre-determined intervals, the applicant is responsible for paying maintenance fees to keep the patent active. If not paid, is patent is deemed abandoned.
Since patents have been issued, there have been inventions that are considered silly such as a bicycle with its own sail, a face-mask that prohibits the wearer from eating, even a shirt for gerbils. None of these inventions were disqualified for a patent.
No. Patents are granted by patent offices in exchange for a full disclosure of the invention. In general, the details of the invention are then published and made available to the public at large.
It should be noted that publication can take place at various stages of the procedure. In some countries
Patents are territorial rights. In general, the exclusive rights are only applicable in the country or region in which a patent has been filed and granted, in accordance with the law of that country or region.
Patents date back to the ancient Greeks. In 1474, the #first patent law was put into effect in the Venetian Republic.
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