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A patent can usually be issued on one or both of two grounds: it is either an original process/machine, or it is an original alteration or improvement to an existing one. If you were to do so the new product must be clearly original and different, instead of relying on the first patent.

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How would someone patent something that is similar to an already patented product?

You have to file a Utility patent application form with The United States Patent and Trademark Office. A utility patent applies to any invention or new useful improvement thereof.


Can you patent a device that improves an already patented product or is that considered patent infringement?

Most patents issued today are for improvements on existing products; all you need to do is indicate the patent numbers and titles in the first sentence of the specification in your application.


What is the purpose of a paten?

The purpose of a patent is to give you ownership of the product you invent. If you want to make money or sell the product you invent, you must have it patented as almost all potential buyers will not but the product if it is not patented.


What things cannot be patented?

things that are patented by someone else, something that already exists without a patent but we use or see in everyday life and things that are not patented but are used by other corperations. otherwise any invention or product can be patented under the grounds that the name isn't already used or is too common to be patented.


Can You Patent A Product you Have modified?

If you call it somthing else you can. but if it has alot of thing that the people patented you Can't


How do I get royelites for my patent.?

If someone is using a product you patented you may need an attorney to get back royalties.


How does a person get an invention patent?

Firstly, conduct a patent search to check that your invention is new and not already patented. Once you know your invention is unique, file your patent with the US patent and trademark office.


What is meaning of patented?

of Patent


Can you get a patent for improving a device that is already patented?

If you conceive an invention that happens to be an improvement upon something already patented, you can certainly pursue your own patent on the improvement invention, assuming it is new and non-obvious in light of everything ever used in public or described in any publication in any language anywhere in the world at any time prior to your patent filing date.


How do you identify a 949 1j patented August 12 1913 shotgun?

That patent date indicates a J. Stevens product.


What is the difference between process and product patent?

PROCESS PATENT: It is granted for a new process of manufacturing an already known product or for manufacturing a new product, or for manufacturing more articles of the same product that is reducing the cost of the already known product. PRODUCT PATENT: It is granted when a new product has been invented by the person. The product so invented may either be e more or less useful product than an already known product , or a new product altogether.


Is the commercial name for torx patented?

Product names are protected by trademark rather than patent. Torx is a trademark of Textron Industries.