U.S. patent system

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf patent system
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:US_patent
gptkbp:allows non-provisional patent application
provisional patent application
gptkbp:appealsHeardBy gptkb:Patent_Trial_and_Appeal_Board
gptkbp:applicationFiledWith gptkb:USPTO
gptkbp:awardedBy exclusive rights to inventors
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:U.S._federal_courts
gptkbp:establishedBy gptkb:U.S._Constitution
gptkbp:establishedIn 1790
gptkbp:excludes natural phenomena
laws of nature
abstract ideas
gptkbp:firstPatentIssued 1790
gptkbp:firstPatentRecipient gptkb:Samuel_Hopkins
gptkbp:formerName first-to-invent system
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Title_35_of_the_United_States_Code
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label U.S. patent system
gptkbp:patentNumberingStarted 1836
gptkbp:patentTerm 15 years for design patents
20 years for utility and plant patents
gptkbp:publicAccessVia USPTO Patent Full-Text and Image Database
gptkbp:purpose promote the progress of science and useful arts
gptkbp:relatedTo U.S. copyright system
U.S. trademark system
gptkbp:requires utility
novelty
non-obviousness
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Bayh-Dole_Act
gptkb:Leahy-Smith_America_Invents_Act
gptkb:America_Invents_Act
gptkb:Patent_Act_of_1790
gptkb:Patent_Act_of_1952
patent examination
patent litigation
maintenance fees
patent reexamination
patent opposition
Patent Act of 1836
Patent Act of 1870
patent infringement lawsuits
gptkbp:transferredTo first-to-file system in 2013
gptkbp:treaty gptkb:Paris_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Industrial_Property
gptkb:Patent_Cooperation_Treaty
gptkbp:typeOfPatent design patent
plant patent
utility patent
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:35_U.S.C.
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6