Patentable Inventions Part 1: Understanding Patents and Patent Infringement
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Which of the following best describes the exclusive right granted by a patent?

  • The right to enforce the patent with legal action for 20 years
  • The right to exclusively manufacture the patented invention for 20 years
  • The right to exclude others from making, using, and selling the invention for 20 years (correct)
  • The right to exclusively use the patented invention for 20 years
  • According to the Patent Act, what types of inventions are considered patentable?

  • Any new and useful improvement in any art or composition of matter
  • Any new and useful art, process, or improvement in any art or composition of matter (correct)
  • Any new and useful machine or systematic series of interdependent actions
  • Any new and useful act, process, or series of acts
  • In order to be considered an invention, what must a process involve?

  • A systematic series of economically useful steps producing a change in character or condition
  • A physical agent performing a series of economically useful actions
  • A physical object producing a change in character or condition
  • A systematic series of interdependent actions directed to an economically useful result (correct)
  • According to the Patent Act, what makes an invention unpatentable?

    <p>Being obvious and falling under common law</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary consideration for enabling disclosure?

    <p>The level of burden on a worker skilled in the relevant field</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is considered the key target for enabling disclosure?

    <p>A worker skilled in the 'art'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What qualifies as an enabling disclosure?

    <p>When the pending application is filed within twelve months of a previously regularly filed application</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of the claim date in a patent application?

    <p>It establishes the filing date of the patent application</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the Patent Act, when can a new invention be considered novel?

    <p>If it has not been disclosed before the claim date, more than 1 year before the patent is filed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of the 'grace period' in the context of patent filing?

    <p>It allows the inventor to publicly disclose the invention within a year before filing the patent.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of disclosure can be considered as a public disclosure according to the Patent Act?

    <p>Disclosure to one person without confidentiality.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    To prevent patentability, what type of disclosure must be made in the 'prior art' context?

    <p>An enabling disclosure in the prior art.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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