United States patent law

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:US_patent
gptkbp:allows continuation applications
divisional applications
provisional patent applications
reissue applications
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Leahy-Smith_America_Invents_Act_(2011)
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:U.S._Constitution_Article_I,_Section_8,_Clause_8
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:enables exclusive rights to inventors
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:International_Trade_Commission
civil litigation
gptkbp:excludes natural phenomena
laws of nature
abstract ideas
gptkbp:firstToFile since 2013
gptkbp:formerName first-to-invent system
gptkbp:governs patents
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label United States patent law
gptkbp:includes design patents
utility patents
plant patents
gptkbp:permits licensing of patents
assignment of patents
gptkbp:primaryStatute gptkb:Title_35_of_the_United_States_Code
gptkbp:provides maintenance fees
public disclosure after 18 months
gptkbp:requires utility
novelty
non-obviousness
enablement
written description
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Bayh-Dole_Act
gptkb:America_Invents_Act
gptkb:Patent_Trial_and_Appeal_Board
judicial interpretation
inter partes review
duty of disclosure
prior art
federal court jurisdiction
post-grant review
best mode requirement
doctrine of equivalents
double patenting doctrine
ex parte reexamination
exhaustion doctrine
inequitable conduct doctrine
statutory bars
International treaties (e.g., Patent Cooperation Treaty)
gptkbp:termLength 15 years from grant for design patents
20 years from filing date for utility patents
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Patent_law
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5