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Patent Search

By Audrey | Published: September 28, 2009
Why Search? A Patent Search is a search of the prior art, namely, that which is known and already invented.  A patent search is important because it can not only save an applicant the expense of filing a patent application on subject matter already patented or within the public domain, but also afford an applicant [...]
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What is NOT Patentable?

By Audrey | Published: September 17, 2009
As discussed in the previous post, an invention is only patentable if it is Novel, Useful and Not Obvious. Additionally, it must be adequately described or otherwise enabled in a patent application, and claimed by the inventor in a patent application in clear and definite terms.  The Supreme Court has stated that anything under the [...]
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What makes an Invention Patentable?

By Audrey | Published: September 12, 2009
There are three major requirements for patentability: The invention must be Novel, Useful and Not Obvious.  Lets take a closer look at each of these criteria: Novelty To start with; in order to be considered patentable, an invention must be “Novel”.  This means that the invention was never described in a publication, used  or for sale in [...]
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