Patents Review

2. A patent __________________________________ is a non-attorney who can engage in patent prosecution with the PTO.
4. A legal right granted by the federal government that permits its owner to prevent others from making, using, selling, or importing an invention or discovery.
7. The requirement that a patent cover something new, that does not already exist.
9. The process of preparing, filing, and shepherding a patent application through the PTO.
10. A patent that covers new, distinct, asexually reproduced plant varieties.
12. Nearly all patent applications have this because it is often needed to understand an invention.
13. These fees must be paid at specified intervals during the life of a utility patent.
16. All information available to the public, in any form, about an invention is __________________ art.
17. Patent litigation is handled in _____________________ court.
20. When more than one person contributes to an invention, they are _________________________ inventors.
21. When a person, without permission, makes, uses, offers to sell, sells, or imports another's patented invention.
23. A utility patent lasts for _________ years from the filing of the patent application.
24. What an inventor should perform before she prepares a patent application to file with the PTO.
25. A patent that lasts for 14 years from the date the patent issues.

1. Another name for a cease and desist letter, sent to an accused infringer to notify him of a patent owner's assertion of patent rights.
3. A remedy in equity where a court orders an infringer to stop the infringing activities.
5. Patents are _______________________ property.
6. How patent ownership rights are transferred.
8. Patent law derives from the U.S. ____________________.
11. Permission to use the invention or discovery of another, which may be limited in scope, duration, terms, or territory.
14. A nonexclusive, royalty-free, nontransferable license of the employer to make and use an employee's invention in the employer's business.
15. Separate paragraphs in a patent application that distinctly claim the subject matter that the applicant regards as the invention.
18. The most common type of patent.
19. The requirement that a patent must be of some benefit to society.
22. Today in the U.S., patents are granted to the first to _________________.