LEGL 4200 Test 4 Questions and answers, rated A+| LATEST EXAM UPDATES| 2024/25 |

LEGL 4200 Test 4 Questions and answers, rated A+ Patent vs. Trade - -Patent is - public.. - has broad rights against world.. - lasts 20 years.. - takes time to get rights.. - hella expensive Definition of Patent - -Invents/discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter (or useful improvement) may obtain patent Scope of Patent - -Protects products and processes so you can exclude others from using New technology of patent - -Must prove it is new and not obvious variant of existing technology ... can get a patent on nonobvious improvement of prior art Inventors vs. Assignee - -Inventors actually made it... assignee owns the patent... patent must name all people who contributed Patent Examiner - -Technical expert in a specific field at patent office who reviews patent Prosecution and Representation - -Get a patent attorney to represent you in prosecution at patent office... you can do your own but you cannot do someone else's without taking the patent bar Prosecution Stages - -File non-provisional application.. THEN office action (17 months later).. THEN Response to office action.. THEN examiner interviews.. THEN notice of allowance.. THEN pay issue fee to get patent Quid pro quo in patent law - -publicly disclose new technology to get the rights Duty of Candor - -Must tell examiner of all the known relevant info/prior art Prior Art - -Info or knowledge publicly available via other patents, books, internet, oral presentations, lectures, etc... if it is described in prior art then no patent Specification and Enablement Rule - -Written descrition of invention and how to make/use it ... it must be enabled so a typical person in the field can make/use it Incandescent Lamp Patent Case (1895) where