Patents

A patent is granted for an invention being the embodiment of an idea in a product or process.

Patents are not granted for ideas per se, but rather are concerned with the practical application of ideas.

IP SENTINELS can assist you with:


PATENT REQUIREMENTS

REQUIREMENTS

The invention must be:

  • New – not revealed in public anywhere in the world
  • Tangible – you cannot patent theories, artistic creations and mathematical models, a patent must be a tangible invention with a ‘manner of manufacture’
  • Inventive – the patent must not be obvious to someone with knowledge and experience in its technological field

Other Requirements:

  • Specification – a document fully describing the invention
  • Scope  – the scope of protection should be defined in one or more claims of the complete specification

CURRENT EXCLUSIONS

  • Human beings
  • The biological processes for the generation of human beings
  • Computer-implemented Inventions
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