Patent ? Discussion and Suggestions
Patent – Discussion and Suggestions
This is the article contains some valuable doubts and answers for those doubts about Patent and related with Intellectual Properties. This article looks like the open discussion about the Patent and patenting the new invention. If you are a person, new to the Patents or other then the patent related professional, here you can clear your all most possible doubts about legal Patents. This article had written in the type of question and answer format.
Question 1: What is Patent?
A Patent is an exclusive monopoly granted by the Government various countries to an inventor over his invention for limited period of time. It is one of the legal document explains about the new invention used to protect the inventors idea using various claims.
Question 2: What is the difference between patents and exclusivity?
Patents and exclusivity work in a similar fashion but are distinctly different from one another.
Patents are granted by the patent and trademark office anywhere along the development lifeline of a drug and can encompass a wide range of claims. Exclusivity is exclusive marketing rights granted by the FDA upon approval of a drug and can run concurrently with a patent or not. Exclusivity is a statutory provision and is granted to an NDA applicant if statutory requirements are met.
Question 3: What kinds of Inventions can be patented?
An invention must be of practical use; it must show an element of novelty, that is, some new characteristic that is not known in the body of existing knowledge in its technical field. In many countries, scientific theories, mathematical methods, plant or animal varieties invention, discoveries of natural substances, commercial methods, methods for medical treatment (as opposed to medical products) and software programs are generally not patentable.
Question 4: Who can obtain the Patent?
An inventor or company assigned by the inventor can obtain the patent over his/her invention.
Question 5: What kind of Protection does a Patent offer?
Patent protection means that the invention cannot be commercially made, used, distributed or sold without the patent owner’s consent/written permission. If any company/person wants to use that invention, they may need to buy that patent rights or to give royalty to that patent owner.
Question 6: How many inventors can joint together in a single patent application?
If the invention inventing by a group of people or a team means, they can joint together and make a patent application for that Patent as an inventors.
Question 7: Can a person get Patent for other person’s invention?
Yes, a person assigned by the inventor can obtain the patent for that inventor’s invention. Here the patent owner is that assigned person, but the inventor name only present in the Patent inventor’s column. If a person try to get a patent for an invention without the knowledge of inventor is illegal.
Question 8: How a patent is filed?
The inventor or his assignee obtains a patent by filing a patent application to the patent office in the stipulated forms as required by the Patent act of that country.
Question 9: Who checks the novelty features of the invention?
A patent examiner of patent office checks the novelty features of the patent application with the current state of the art available.
Question 10: Which invention qualifies for the grant of a patent?
A patent is granted only for the invention, which is new, non-obvious and has industrial applicability.
Question 11: Why an inventor should go for a patent?
If the inventor does not get the patent rights for his invention and introduce his product/process based on his invention in the market, any body can copy his invention and exploits it commercially. To debar others from using, selling or working out his invention, the inventor must go for getting a patent.
Question 12: Why does the Government encourage filing of patents?
Innovation, research and development activities of the particular country place the important roll in the technological development, industrial and economical growth of that country. So that, the government is encouraging the innovation and filing of patents.
Question 13: When will the patent get expire?
A patent can expire in the following ways:
1. The patent has lived its full term i.e. the term specified by the patent act of the country. Generally it is 20 years from the date of filing.
2. The patentee has failed to pay the renewal fee. A patent once granted by the Government has to be maintained by paying annual renewal fee.
3. The validity of the patent has been successfully challenged by an opponent by filing an opposition either in the patent office or in the courts.
Question 14: What is the different between a Country issuing patents and WIPO?
World Intellect Property Organization (WIPO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations. The patents issued by WIPO are agreed by so many nations who are all the member of this organization. But the patent granted by a country patent office is applicable within the geographical boundaries of that country only like a US Patent is applicable within USA only and has no effect in other countries.
Question 15: Is there any International/Global patent office?
No. There is no International or Global Patent. An inventor has to file an application in each country, where he seeks to protect his invention.
Question 16: Is there any International/Global law for patent?
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international patent law treaty, concluded in 1970. It provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions in each of its Contracting nations. But some countries and organizations only accepted this patent law for their invention patenting procedures.
The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is a patent law multilateral treaty concluded on June 1, 2000 in Geneva, Switzerland, by 53 States and one intergovernmental organization, the European Patent Organization. Its aim is to harmonize formal procedures such as the requirements to obtain a filing date for a patent application, the form and content of a patent application, and representation.
The Substantive Patent Law Treaty (SPLT) is a proposed international patent law treaty aimed at harmonizing substantive points of patent law. In contrast with the Patent Law Treaty (PLT), signed in 2000 and now in force, which only relates to formalities, the SPLT aims at going far beyond formalities to harmonize substantive requirements such as novelty, innovation and non-obviousness, industrial applicability and utility, as well as sufficient disclosure, unity of invention, or claim drafting and interpretation.
Question 17: Can a person get a patent for his invention, which has already published in the National/International journal?
No. A patent is not granted to an invention if it is already available with the public either in the form product/literature/common knowledge. But many countries have some limitations like if the inventor publish his invention and put patent application within that year is acceptable. But this time limit may vary depends on each country. US time limit is within that publishing year; the inventor can apply for patent on his invention.
Question 18: Who is responsible to ensure that the patent has not been infringed?
It is the only responsibility of the patentee to see that someone else is not infringing upon his patent. So the prior art searches and previous patent analysis is important for every inventor and patent attorneys to make their invention be a unique.
Question 19: Does a Patentee get money once a patent has been granted to him/her?
No. A patentee does not get any kind of money over the grant of the patent. The Patent issuing government/granting authority will not give any money to the patentee. Rather the inventor has to spend lot of money to get the patent rights over his/her invention and also to spend some money to maintain that patent.
Question 20: Does a Patentee sell his patent to any person/company?
The patentee has all the rights to sell his invention exclusively and/or non-exclusively to any person/party/company or he may choose to sell his invention for a royalty.
Question 21: Is any rule, only the Patent attorneys do the patent draft?
No, the inventor himself can draft the application. But that application should be in the acceptable format of the particular patent issuing country/organization. A look on the closely related patent applications already filed/granted, will render help to a great extent.
Questions 22: How would you know about your patent application status?
The Patent Office will answer an applicant’s inquiries about the status of the application, and inform you whether your application has been rejected, allowed, or are awaiting action by an e-mail/direct letter.
Questions 23: Is the Patent office assist the inventors for developing and marketing of their patents?
No. The Office cannot act or advise concerning the business transactions or arrangements that are involved in the development and marketing of an invention. The Office, however, will publish for a fee, at the request of a patent owner, a notice in the Official Gazette and site that the patent is available for licensing or sale.
Question 24: Which are the main sources for patent information?
National Patent offices, International Information vendors like Dialog, Orbit, Delphion, patent storm etc., free or charge based patent web sites on Internet.
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Telemarketing And Telesales
Telemarketing and telesales are actually two separate services, very similar in that they both use the telephone to clients and can be handled by the sale company. However they are actually two separate disciplines that do require different skills.
Combined together – there are around 600 tele companies around the UK; some that offer telesales, some telemarketing and some both.
Telesales
Telesales actually means telephone sales and it a type of telephone selling. If you are called up and asked to buy something – then this is ‘telesales’.
Telesales is a very high pressured ‘sell sell sell’ job whereby callers are selling a product for money over the phone. This could be advertising space, cars, services like insurance etc.
Telemarketing
Telemarketing is quite different in that it does not involve selling anything. Telemarketing is more about ‘marketing a product’ or service (hence the name).
Telemarketing could be linked to things like appointment making, lead generation or telephone surveys. Still a targeted and pressured job it is less cut throat than telesales.
Many people can confuse the two thinking that telemarketing & telesales are just different names for the same thing; however each is different and does require different skills. Rarely can a person be good at telesales and good at telemarketing, firstly the character skills are different, but also the job skills are different in terms of closing styles, leading questions etc.
Finding the right company for your campaign will depend on whether you need telemarketing or telesales doing. Many companies will take on your campaign whatever (as no one likes to turn business down) but you need to ensure that you are getting the right agency with the right set of skills.
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Tech Squad is the best computer shop in Calgary.
For all your computer repair needs there are some companies that just stand out above the rest. Tech Squad, this year’s winner of the Consumers Choice Award for best computer shop in Calgary, is one such company. With 24 hour service, professionally trained computer technicians and a knowledge of all types of computers and operating systems this repair company really has it all.
Tech Squad was formed by two young computer entrepreneurs in the year 2000. Unlike other stand alone computer repair services the goal of the Tech Squad was to provide a physical location for computer drop off and repair as well as emergency and on location repairs. From their original start the company has expanded to include a wide range of products and services including computer tune-ups, network setup, web development and design, brand marketing, motion graphics and server implementation and support. Literally any aspect of home or office computers and networking is now covered by the Tech Squad. All staff at the various locations of the Tech Squad are professional, reliable and knowledgeable about the services they provide. They strive to explain computer issues in regular, easy to understand language and to help people to learn more about their computers to prevent further problems. The company offers a VIP program for both residential and commercial customers that gives discounts, front of the line service and additional perks on many different aspects of computer repair and maintenance. The goal of the staff is fast, reliable and reasonable computer repairs with minimal down and offline time. With the Tech Squad winning the Consumers Choice Award for best computer shop in Calgary has almost become a habit; they now hold the distinction for the last seven years.
The Consumers Choice Awards are presented each year by the consumers in a city to outstanding businesses in that same city. It is really a local award with international recognition since it is awarded in cities across Canada and the United States. The award is determined by customer votes which are collected on a survey developed and monitored by an independent third party research group. First started in 1986 the Consumers Choice Awards are now the most prestigious community based awards in North America. By winning the Consumers Choice Award for the best computer shop in Calgary the Tech Squad now sets the standard for other companies in the same category to try to meet or exceed to win next year’s award.
The Tech Squad is to be congratulated for their win of the best computer shop in Calgary category of the Consumers Choice Awards. With their emphasis on customer satisfaction and their high level of computer savvy it isn’t hard to see why they were the consumer choice. To talk to the Tech Squad call 403-276-8324 or stop by at 713 14 Street NW, Calgary, Alberta.
Filed under Computer Shop | Comment (0)Plastic Surgery Loans- Enhance Your Look through Plastic Surgery Loan
All of us want to look good and smart. If you are have any birth mark then you can remove it by plastic surgery. Many of us think that plastic surgery is out of our reach as it is very expensive but there is an alternative option for those who are willing for plastic surgery and this is Plastic Surgery Loans. Bad Credit Cosmetic Surgery Loans is the only place which provides funds for surgery.
You can avail Plastic Surgery Loans in both secured and unsecured form. For secured loan, you need to pledge any collateral but for availing unsecured loan there is no need of pledging anything. Borrowed can be used for any purpose such as nose shaping, hair transplant, face lift, facial implants, eyebrows lift and so on.
To get this loan, you need to fulfill some eligibility criteria such as:
• You should be a citizen of US
• Must have an active bank account
• A regular source of income should be there
With the help of Plastic Surgery Loans, you are free to borrow an amount between 00 to 000.
However, the actual amount that you borrow also depends upon your needs as well as your repayment capacity. You get a time of 1 to 10 years to repay this loan, which is quite a convenient repayment option.
You don’t have to worry about past bad credit records as we do not implement any credit check process. Thus, people suffering from bad credit scores and credit records such as defaults, arrears, etc. are free to apply. We never discriminate between good and bad credit holders.
With the help of internet, you need not go anywhere to apply. Just fill the online application form with details get start with this loan.
With plastic surgery loan, you can go for various cosmetic surgeries without any credit check and faxing and it offers both secured and unsecured loan as per your convenience.
Filed under Plastic Surgery | Comment (0)Classic Car News: Bogus Bentley Baffles Buyer
Classic car enthusiasts are more than happy to spend their hard earned cash on vintage motors, but when you splash out £425,000 you don’t expect to be told it’s a fake. A Leicestershire woman was horrified to find out that the 1930′s Bentley Speed Six classic car she bought was no longer capable of being described as a 1930′s Bentley at all”, having been so heavily modified.
The car was purchased for a large sum of money from a specialist dealer, but it was later discovered that the “only original feature of the car was a small part of the chassis”, according to the Daily Mail. The popularity of vintage vehicles is mostly down to the rarity and historic significance, which determines how much a classic car, is worth, which in this case is significantly less, due to the numerous modifications.
Fitted with a six litre engine, the classic British Bentley was expected to value at around £550,000 – not the £300,000 that was quoted.
Fortunately when the case went to court the disgruntled owner was compensated with £94,000 in damages when the court ruled in her favour.
The dream of owning numerous classic cars has temporarily been put on hold for this unfortunate enthusiast, but I’m sure with the allure of vintage motors she will find herself behind the wheel of a true classic beauty.
Sureterm Direct specialise in classic car insurance and understand the true value of a classic beauty, so call free on 0800 999 2030 or click here for an online classic car insurance quote.
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Home Phone Systems Vs. Business Phone Systems
Owning a business is typically going to mean that you’re going to have to contact individuals regularly. Although some businesses may contact people through email or other Internet means, most businesses are going to need some type of business phone systems installed. You certainly do have many different choices that are available to you and most individuals that are operating a business are not going to want to take a chance on a substandard piece of equipment. Having a Nortel phone system, for example, gives you an upgraded option that in most cases will be able to take care of everything that needs done.
You should also consider the specific needs of your business in order to make sure that you are purchasing a phone system that is going to be ideal for you. In some cases, you are going to be able to use something similar to home intercom systems but in others, you’re going to want to have higher-quality audio choices available. This is particularly the case when you are going to be doing conferences over the telephone with other individuals within the office. Having the right audio in place is going to make it comfortable for everyone that is involved as they will be able to speak and be heard clearly. This can help to improve the productivity of your business meetings that are taking place in this way. Of course, not everybody is going to need to have this type of equipment installed but when it is an option that needs to be considered, be sure that you go with something top-of-the-line.
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Having a pet adds great joy to our lives. However, there are times when we have to go places where our pets can’t go. When a pet owner goes on vacation, pet care is a primary concern. There are a number of different options for pet care- you can board your pet at a kennel or a pet daycare facility. You can also have someone come to your home to feed and walk your pet. Finally, you can have your pet stay in a private parties home or you can hire a person to come and stay in your home with your pet. Each of these different options has a number of benefits and detriments.
If you have your pet stay in a kennel, this is usually cost effective. Kennels may also have ample experience caring for dogs and cats, and are usually licensed and insured businesses. This may help to put your mind at ease, because you can feel confident that a kennel that has been in business for a long time knows how to care for your pet.
However, your pet may be afraid or uncomfortable outside of his home environment, and may be intimidated by other animals at the kennel. In addition, although kennels require vaccination records and vet records, there is always the chance that your dog or cat will acquire an internal parasite or even fleas, due to exposure to an infected pet.
Hiring a private party to care for your pet in a home setting may allow your pet to remain at home, where your belongings are. This can help make your pet feel more comfortable and safe. Your scent will be all around, and the dog will have its familiar possessions even though you are not there. However, it is essential that you find a reliable and responsible person. You don’t want anything to happen to your pet while on vacation- an accident or untimely death due to an irresponsible pet sitter would be something that no amount of lovely pet urns or pet grave markers honoring your pet could compensate for.
You should always check references, and speak with other satisfied customers before trusting anyone to care for your pet.
To find a high quality kennel or a responsible pet sitter, you should talk to people who are likely to know businesses offering these services. Your veterinarian might be a good source of information, and could potentially point you towards a reliable pet sitter or kennel. Other dog owners, or dog groomers who come into contact with a lot of dogs may also be a good source of information. Make sure to ask for personal experience with any recommended dog sitter.
Looking at the words written in online pet memorials, it is easy to see that pets really have become a part of many peoples families. Just like leaving a child or any family member behind, you want to ensure that your pets needs are taken care of while you are away.
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