PATENT

Concept of patent

• Patent is a state grant- in the name of inventor.
• It has time period  - usually 20 years.
• Patent is a privilage for making, manufacturing, selling or using the invention.

Purpose and  Policy

• Encourage research and promote inventive genius.
• to secure for inventors awards for inventing.
• to provide inventors a monopoly for commercial exploitation of the invention.
• maintain flow of inventions.
• to generate and promote scientific temper.

Patentable Inventions

• Patent is issued only of those inventions  which are new and novel and have commercial value.
• Invention must not be fnown earlier.
• It must be usefull.

Inventions:

• art,process,method or manner of manufacture.
• machines,appliances and other articles.
• substances produced by manufacture.