According to the US Patent and Trademark Office:A patent is an intellectual property right granted by the Government of the United States of America to an inventor "to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention throughout the United States or importing the invention into the United States" for a limited time in exchange for public disclosure of the invention when the patent is granted.
If the inventor will be the patent owner (rather than a company the inventor is working for), the fees are 1/4 what they are for companies. The complete US patent fee schedule is linked below.
There is no US patent listing "Ruth Handler" as an inventor.
Lincoln created an invention to free a stuck riverboat from a sandbar. As the inventor, he had the right to patent his idea.
Seth Boyden a U.S. inventor who's home country was the U.S., Was known for perfecting the process for making patent leather. Patent leather is a type of japanned leather that has been given a high gloss.
It's called a "patent" :)
You invent something.You patent it.
The possessive form of the noun inventor is inventor's.Example: The inventor's patent was finally granted.
the inventor to whom a patent is issued
A patent is a resource right granted by the USA Government to an inventor “to exclude others from making, using or selling the invention in America or uploading it for a limited time set when the patent is granted. To get a patent, an application should be filed within the US Patent and Trademark Office.
US patent D536395, for "combined bubble wand and container," lists the inventor as Lisa Christine Buzzelli, and the original assignee as Wilton Industries, Inc.
patent no. 3154312 == inventor "JACQUES MARCHAND" issued in 1964
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