A patent is a set of exclusive rights in an invention, granted by the Government to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time (i.e., a limited monopoly) in exchange for a disclosure of that invention.

The procedure for granting patents, the requirements placed on the patentee, and the extent of the exclusive rights vary widely between countries according to national laws and international agreements. Typically, however, a patent application must include one or more claims defining the invention which must be new, non-obvious, and useful (or industrially applicable). The exclusive right granted to a patentee in most countries is the right to prevent others from making, using, selling, or distributing the patented invention in that country without permission.

Mind Law Firm® represents clients in a wide variety of technologies and is experienced in assisting those clients in not only obtaining sound patent protection in the United States, but internationally as well.

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