Brought to you by Denver Patent Lawyer Mark Trenner. A “utility” patent covers any “new and useful process, machine, manufacture or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvements thereof.” This has been interpreted in U.S. courts to include inventions that include computer programs (software), as well as “methods of doing business,” even though… Continue reading What is a Patent? Part 3 of 3
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What is a Patent? Part 2 of 3
Brought to you buy Colorado patent attorney Mark Trenner The most common patent is the “utility” patent, which, in the United States is effective for a period of 20 years from the date of filing (unless it was filed before1995, in which case it is effective for 17 years from date of issue, or 20… Continue reading What is a Patent? Part 2 of 3
What is a Patent? Part 1 of 3
Brought to you by Denver patent attorney Mark Trenner… A patent is a property right granted by the Government of the United States of America to an inventor for this purpose only- “to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention throughout the United States or importing the invention into the… Continue reading What is a Patent? Part 1 of 3