Non-Obviousness requirement of Patents

A patent gives an inventor a right to exclude others from making, using, or selling the patented invention for a

Interpreting Patent Claims

Patent claim interpretation is the process of giving proper meaning to the claim language. Claim language defines claim scope. Therefore,

A patent is a federal statutory right that allows an inventor to exclude others from making, using, selling, offering for

As stated previously, a grant of a patent allows an inventor to exclude others from making, using, selling, offering for

A patent is a property right that the federal government gives to an inventor with respect to an invention in

In enacting patent laws and providing patent protection to inventors, the U.S. Congress made the decision to encourage the disclosure

In general a complete or non-provisional patent application covering a single invention is filed, reviewed by an examiner and either

When a patent is applied for, the inventor must include a specification, which is a written description of the invention,

A method of doing business was not traditionally patentable. However, in the latter part of the 20th century, there was

The federal patent statute allows an inventor to obtain a patent for a “new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or