No: "Goods" in business must be tangible materials, and the value of a patent is the right to exclude others from practicing the claims of the patent. This right is not in itself tangible, but it may be converted to a tangible asset by licensing the patent or suing anyone who violates it.
Both published and unpublished works can be protected by copyrights, trademarks, and patents. Copyrights protect original works of authorship, trademarks protect symbols or words that identify goods or services, and patents protect inventions or discoveries.
99,220, including utility patents, plant patents, design patents, and reissues.
The USPTO granted a total of 247,727 patents from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2011, including Reissue Patents, Plant Patents, Design Patents, and Utility Patents.
a) monopolies
The US Patent Office issued 99,200 total patents from 1 January 1990 to 31 December 1990, including 9 reissue patents, 6 plant patents, 194 design patents, and 98,991 utility patents.
Creative property can be protected through copyright, trademark, and patents. Copyright protects original works of authorship such as literature, music, and art; trademarks protect symbols, names, and slogans identifying goods and services; and patents protect inventions or discoveries.
Charles Kettering had 104 patents.
43 patents
The website Free Patents Online provides descriptions of patents, with downloadable PDFs of their schematics. Alternatively, the website Patents provides text descriptions but no images.
As of 2010, General Electric (GE) has 1,222 patents. Aside from this, they have filed 37, 268 patents in the US.
1093 patents for inventions
No; Twitter notably has not filed for any patents.