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The patent is the protection provided on a new invention or discovery. A patent is a product or a process that provides, in general, a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to the problem. To get a patent, technical information above the invention must be disclosed to the public in the patent application.  Patenting is provided for a limited no. of years, this ensures that no one else can copy the invention or the discovery so made.

The patenting has three types of laws, such as utility patent, design patent  and plant patent,

The patent utility is known for its invention, this type of patent is granted to new machines, manufacturers, improvement, investment strategy, tools, chemicals, etc.  In the US the period for such a patent is 20 years from the date of the application filed. In this, the owner pays certain maintenance fees. This type of patent takes 2-3 years to get granted.

Design patent, issued in connection with new, original, and ornamental design is contained within or applied to something that is manufactured.  The period given for the protection might vary but in the US, it is 14 years .this type of protection is less expensive than the utility patent as there are no maintenance fees involved.

Plant patents as the name suggest are protection provided for the discovery of the plants, it also includes sports, hybrids, seedling, mutants, and cultivation, other. The period provided is up to 20 years from the date the owner files a patent application and these don't require maintenance fees.

Difference between copyrights and patent

  • When an invention is protected it is knowns as a patent. However, copyright is related to artistic and intellectual property .basically copyright protects the artistic work whereas patenting works for invention.

  • Patent as mentioned above has a duration after which the invention is open to the public, whereas copyright has no such period.

  • Copyright protects the expression of an idea whereas a patent protects the idea itself. Patent works more on design while copyright is another work of an already described design

  • Copyright is easier to get whereas patent is complex.


Difference between  trademark and patent

  • A trademark is a symbol that companies use to distinguish between their product and service, whereas a patent is a protection of the invention.

  • Trademark applicable on the symbol of goods and patent is on invention


This paper talks about the patenting and types of patenting, it provides a gist on what is patenting and how it is different from copyright and trademark.


References

  • keydifferences.com/difference-between-trademark-and-patent.html#:~:text=While%20the%20trademark%20is%20a,use%20or%20sell%20the%20invention

  • ustia.com/intellectual-property/patents/types-of-patents/
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