A Patent is
a statutory right for an invention granted for a
limited period of time to the patentee by the
Government, in exchange of full disclosure of
his invention for excluding others, from making,
using, selling, importing the patented product
or process for producing that product for those
purposes without his consent.
Criteria for a
Patent:
An invention
to become patentable subject matter must meet
the following criteria -
i) It should
be novel.
ii) It should
have inventive step or it must be non-obvious
iii) It should
be capable of Industrial application.
iv) It should
not fall within the provisions of section 3 and
4 of the Patents Act 1970.
Patent
protection is territorial right, Like if you
have patent for India it is effective only
within the territory of India. Therefore,
separate patents should be obtained in each
country where the applicant requires protection
of his invention in those countries. There is no
patent valid worldwide.
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