There is no record of a product patent for a "revolutionary" product on Valentine's Day of 1876, but Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone on March 7, about 3 weeks after Valentine's Day.
On February 14, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell applied for a patent for the telephone. Elisha Gray also did the same.
The patent for the telephone was submitted on the 14th of February 1876, but not granted until the 7th of March 1876.
Absolutely. The term "patent pending" applied to a product has no legal ramifications. It's just advertising that they are trying to patent the technology that went into the product. Only an issued patent is enforcable. Some products will print patent numbers on their packaging if patents have issued for the technology. You cannot get a patent for something you didn't invent though. Filing a patent application involves signing an oath, and lying under oath is perjury. Patent pending can only be displayed on the product/services, when you have applied for a patent. So, there is no question of applying for a patent while a product is under pending patent. http://indiapatents.blogspot.com
You probably wouldn't want to copyright a product; you might want to trademark it, or (if it's revolutionary) apply for a patent.
Patent Applied For.
As a product, a Patent would be the best form of protection and these can be applied for nationally or internationally. A trademark is applied to something used in relation to branding and copyright is more often associated with intellectual property
The term patent pending informs the public that a person filed a patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for that particular item. The patent pending designation does not give the person any legal rights; it just means that the patent office will review their application. It does not guarantee that a patent will be awarded. It is a warning to potential competitors. Hopefully they won’t put the time and money into developing a product for which you may end up holding the patent.
The most common patent is a utility patent, which covers a new product or process. A design patent covers ornamental characteristics of a product, and a plant patent covers newly-developed hybrids.
Yes, under the laws of some countries a patent cannot be effectively enforced unless the patent number is put on the product or its packaging.
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"My company spent sixty million dollars to research a new medicine and was hoping to obtain a patent for it, so that others could not copy it immediately." Little girls sometimes like to wear patent leather shoes. His patent disdain for his supervisor lead to his termination. The government issued a land patent to the gold mining company. These apples cannot be grafted without permission from the patent owner.
It simply needs to be novel and non-obvious. Once you have determined that your product is entirely new and different, you may apply for a patent through your country's patent office.
A patent gives the holder exclusive rights to that idea/product. It allows the holder to sue anyone who sells or otherwise uses the product.
complain to the Patent and trademark office