2

12345678910
Across
  1. 3. A patent requirement that ensures that the idea is inventive.
  2. 5. New charges filed against the plaintiff
  3. 7. A parent requrement that ensures that the idea is decorative
  4. 9. A 2011 act that substantially revised the nation's patent laws in a number of important ways
  5. 10. An entity created by the Founding Fathers to expand the pool of inventors in their then-backward economy to include ordinary citizens without the wealth or resources to commercialize their own inventions.
Down
  1. 1. A type of patent to protect new species of plants. The criteria is novelty, distinctiveness, and non-obviousness
  2. 2. A legal document filed that sets out why the filing party believes their claim against the defendant is valid
  3. 4. The person who reviews the patent application to determine if the invention meets the statutory requirements for patentability
  4. 6. An intellectual property right granted by the government of a nation to an inventor that gives them the exclusive right to the invention for up to 20 years, in exchange for disclosing the details of the new technology to society for its ultimate benefit
  5. 8. A patent requirement that ensures that the idea is new.