A patent.
A patent is an intellectual property right granted to an inventor by the United States Government that prevents others from copying and profiting from an invention for a limited time.
Patent rights were established in Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution over 200 years ago to encourage the development of useful inventions.
The government issues 'patents' to protect the rights of inventors.
The legal document is referred to as a 'patent'.
It is called a patent. It gives the inventor sole rights to the product for a period of time in exchange for providing all the specifics.
A copyright and patent.
4 years but you have to go through court to get a legal document saying you have 4 years to create this invention
The date the inventor received exclusive right to his invention..
Not exactly. A patent gives the owner the exclusive right to PREVENT OTHERS in the country/territory in which the patent is issued from making, using, or selling the claimed invention.
A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted to the inventor, giving them a temporary monopoly on the invention. An example would be EP 2547193 A1, which is a robotic lawnmower patented by Husqvarna.
Patent
It gives a right granted by the government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell the invention for a certain amount of time.
Patent
an invention
The inventor invented an invention.
"Theft" is not a challenge for an inventor any more than it is for anyone else. Theft is taking something with the intention of permanently depriving its owner of it. Copying an invention is not theft because the inventor has not been deprived of the invention after it has been copied: the inventor still knows what the invention is. On the other hand, the risk of someone copying his or her invention is a challenge for an inventor. The person who copied the invention can get the benefit of the invention without any of the cost and effort that the inventor had to go to to make the invention. That might make the inventor worse off. The patent system exists to allow inventors to protect their inventions.
Patents are used to balance the right of the individual with the concept of the public good. In general, the purpose of a patent is two-fold: to allow the inventor of some new thing to retain exclusive rights as to its use for a limited period of time, and after that time to ensure that the details of the invention are available for public use. By granting the patent-holder exclusive rights to their invention, use and duplication of the invention is at the sole discretion of the inventor, potentially allowing them to profit from it. However, after a period of time those exclusive rights cease to apply, and the new invention becomes available to the public. This contributes to the public good by increasing the amount of general knowledge available.
Fire is not an invention.