11 Facts About Utility patent

The applicants are notified of this certification, and that the Utility patent office is ready to grant the Utility patent once certain fees are paid and paperwork filed by the inventors or assignees.

Chart often used in the context of Utility patent litigation for analyzing and presenting information regarding a Utility patent claim vis-a-vis an allegedly infringing product or method.

Requirement of many Utility patent systems, requiring that an invention be capable of industrial applicability in order for a Utility patent to be granted for that invention.

Criterion in United States Utility patent law, according to which a claimed process is Utility patent-eligible if: it is tied to a particular machine or apparatus, or it transforms a particular article into a different state or thing.

Formal report from a Patent Office examiner to an inventor or attorney detailing which claims in a Utility patent application were allowed for later issue in a Utility patent and which claims were rejected.

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Concept of US law in which the grant of a Utility patent is prevented if the invention that is the subject of the Utility patent application was on sale more than one year prior to the priority date.

Process of establishing Utility patent infringement involves "reading" a claim onto the technology of interest.

Also, the process of contesting or invalidating a patent can involve showing that the claim reads on prior art, i e, the claim's elements are found in the prior art.

In United States Utility patent law, making or performing an invention or filing a Utility patent application describing how to make and use an invention.

Changes to US Utility patent law in December 2012 created a sub-category of Small Entity Status called "Micro Entity Status" for inventors who qualify for Small Entity Status, but have a gross income less than a certain amount, and have assigned their Utility patent to their employer which is an institution of higher education.

Usually, this was used when the applicant felt a Utility patent was no longer possible during the application period.