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United States patent law
Under United States law, a patent is a right granted to the inventor of a (1) process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, (2) that is new, useful, and non-obvious. A patent is the right to exclude others, for a limited time (usually, 20 years) from profiting from a patented technology without the consent of the patent holder. Specifically, it is the right to exclude others from: making, using, selling, offering for sale, importing, inducing others to infringe, applying for an FDA approval, and/or offering a product specially adapted for practice of the patent.
description shall "distinguish the same from all other things before known," and in "the case of any machine" shall, explain the "principle... by which it may be distinguished from other inventions."
The issues of patent validity and patent infringement fall under exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal government. On the other hand, questions of patent ownership (like other questions of private property) are contested in state courts, although federal courts can make decisions about patent ownership by applying the relevant state law, when appropriate.
Most of the US patent law is codified in Title 35 of the United States Code, as authorized by Article One, section 8, clause 8, which states:
The Congress shall have power ... To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;
. The "patentability" of inventions (defining the types things that qualify for patent protection) is defined under Sections 100–105. Most notably, section 101 sets out "subject matter" that can be patented; section 102 defines "novelty" and "statutory bars" to patent protection; section 103 requires that an invention to be "non-obvious".
Although this statement is superficially similar to intellectual property clauses in the constitutions of other countries, the US patent system has several peculiarities:
The US also has an extensive body of case law comprising federal court precedents that have accumulated over more than 200 years. US Federal District courts have primary jurisdiction in patent infringement cases. Patent validity can be challenged in the same US Federal District courts, as a declarative judgement or counter-claim of non-infringement. Alternatively, patent validity (or examiners' refusals to grant patents) can be challenged at Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) reviews the decisions of the Federal District Courts and of the PTAB. The rulings of the CAFC can be reviewed by the SCOTUS, but only on a discretionary basis (i.e. there is no right to appeal the CAFC's decisions).
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United States patent law
Under United States law, a patent is a right granted to the inventor of a (1) process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, (2) that is new, useful, and non-obvious. A patent is the right to exclude others, for a limited time (usually, 20 years) from profiting from a patented technology without the consent of the patent holder. Specifically, it is the right to exclude others from: making, using, selling, offering for sale, importing, inducing others to infringe, applying for an FDA approval, and/or offering a product specially adapted for practice of the patent.
description shall "distinguish the same from all other things before known," and in "the case of any machine" shall, explain the "principle... by which it may be distinguished from other inventions."
The issues of patent validity and patent infringement fall under exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal government. On the other hand, questions of patent ownership (like other questions of private property) are contested in state courts, although federal courts can make decisions about patent ownership by applying the relevant state law, when appropriate.
Most of the US patent law is codified in Title 35 of the United States Code, as authorized by Article One, section 8, clause 8, which states:
The Congress shall have power ... To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;
. The "patentability" of inventions (defining the types things that qualify for patent protection) is defined under Sections 100–105. Most notably, section 101 sets out "subject matter" that can be patented; section 102 defines "novelty" and "statutory bars" to patent protection; section 103 requires that an invention to be "non-obvious".
Although this statement is superficially similar to intellectual property clauses in the constitutions of other countries, the US patent system has several peculiarities:
The US also has an extensive body of case law comprising federal court precedents that have accumulated over more than 200 years. US Federal District courts have primary jurisdiction in patent infringement cases. Patent validity can be challenged in the same US Federal District courts, as a declarative judgement or counter-claim of non-infringement. Alternatively, patent validity (or examiners' refusals to grant patents) can be challenged at Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) reviews the decisions of the Federal District Courts and of the PTAB. The rulings of the CAFC can be reviewed by the SCOTUS, but only on a discretionary basis (i.e. there is no right to appeal the CAFC's decisions).