The Foundations of Patent Protection

3. A parent requrement that ensures that the idea is decorative.
4. Regulations that forced patentees to manufacture products based on their patents within two or three years of issuance or lose their patent rights.
7. A document in which the patent examiner approves, rejects, or requires additional information about the claims and/or other elements of the application.
9. The person who reviews the patent application to determine if the invention meets the statutory requirements for patentability.
11. A type of patent granted to protect new, original, and non-obvious ornamental designs for articles of manufacture.
12. 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.
13. A patent requirement that ensures that the idea is new.
14. Creations of intellect, such as inventions and artistic works.

1. The most common type of patents, which preclude others from making, using, or selling the invention during the term of the patent, which begins on the grant date and ends 20 years from the filing date (for an average of 17 to 18 years).
2. The premise that people will be encouraged to invent new products and services that benefit society if they are likely to profit by doing so.
5. A patent requirement that ensures that the idea is usable and beneficial.
6. The premise that the product of mental labor is by all rights the property of its creator, no less than the product of physical labor is the property of its creator (or of the person who purchases it from that creator).
8. A patent requirement that ensures that the idea is inventive.
10. A type of patent to protect new species of plants. The criteria is novelty, distinctiveness, and non-obviousness.