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Within the context of a state or multilateralism body of law, an invention is patentable if it meets the relevant legal conditions to be granted a patent. By extension, patentability also refers to the substantive conditions that must be met for a patent to be held valid.

Requirements The patent laws usually require that, in order for an invention to be patentable, it must

• be of patentable subject matter, ie a kind of subject-matter that is eligible for patent protection,
• be novelty (patent) (i.e. at least some aspect of it must be new),
• be Inventive step and non-obviousness (in United States patent law) or involve an Inventive step and non-obviousness (in European patent law); and
• be utility (patent) (in U.S. patent law) or be susceptible of industrial applicability (in European patent law).

Usually the term "patentability" only refers to "substantive" conditions, and does not refer to formal conditions such as the "sufficiency of disclosure", the "unity of invention" or the "sufficiency of disclosure".

Judging patentability is one aspect of the official patent application of a patent application performed by a patent examiner. Although the grant of a patent creates a presumption that the claim (patent)ed invention is valid, errors in the granting procedure may occur and previously unconsidered prior art may be brought to light only after the patent was granted, but under higher scrutiny based on the presumption of validity.

Prior to filing date a patent application, inventors sometimes obtain a patentability opinion from a patent attorney or patent attorney regarding whether an invention satisfies the substantive conditions of patentability.

Opposition and reexamination Many national and regional patent offices provide procedures for reconsidering whether or not a given patent is valid after grant. Under the European Patent Convention, any person can file an Opposition procedure before the European Patent Office provided they act promptly after grant of the patent. In the United States, members of the public can initiate reexamination proceedings. Japan provides similar options as well.

Members of the public can also initiate lawsuits in the courts of various nations to have patents declared invalid.

United Kingdom patents can be reviewed by way of a non-binding opinion issued by the Patent Office, or by formal applications for revocation before the Patent Office or the Court. If the patent survives a revocation action, this is noted for future reference by way of a Certificate of contested validity.

Infringement The fact that an invention is patentable does not necessarily mean that that invention does not also patent infringement another patent. The first patent in a given area may have a broad claim covering the concept of the invention since there is no prior art in that area. Later, a specific implementation of that concept may be invented, which is patentable as it is not disclosed in the earlier patent, but that falls within the claim to the general concept. The later inventor must, therefore, obtain a licence from earlier proprietor to be able to exploit his invention.

Thomas Edison's thin carbon filament light bulb was a patentable improvement over the earlier patented Henry Woodward (inventor) and Mathew Evans thick carbon filament light bulb. Thomas Edison bought the Woodward patent for $US 5,000 before he began his development work so that Woodward would not be able to sue him for patent infringement after Edison became commercially successful.

Legislations United States Under United States patent law, inventor (patent) is also regarded as a patentability criterion. It is a United States constitution requirement. United States Congress' ability to grant patents is authorized only for the inventor. This was confirmed by case law: "Inventorship is indeed relevant to patentability under 35 U.S.C. § 102(f), and patents have in the past been held unenforceable for failure to correctly name inventors in cases where the named inventors acted in bad faith or with deceptive intent."

Details on patentability in the U.S. can be found in the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure or MPEP. This is published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and is the reference manual used by both patent examiners and patent agents/attorneys. Chapter 2100, in particular, gives a comprehensive overview of the standards for patentability, a discussion of the related case law, and guidance on how to overcome an examiner's rejection of a given set of claims.

In the United States, the patent grant is presumptive, e.g. a patent shall issue unless the patent statutes preclude the grant. In other words, the burden is on the Patent Office to prove why a patent should NOT be granted.

Quotes question whether there is a patentable invention is as fugitive, impalpable, wayward, and vague a phantom as exists in the whole paraphernalia of legal concepts. It involves, or it should involve, as complete a reconstruction of the art that preceded it as is possible. The test of invention is the originality of the discovery, and discovery depends upon the mental act of conceiving the new combination, for substantially every invention is only a combination. Nothing is more illusory, as nothing is more common, than to assume that this can be measured objectively by the magnitude of the physical readjustments required. Courts never tire, or at least in earlier times they never did, of expatiating upon the freshness of insight which observes a little, but fruitful, change which had theretofore escaped detection by those engaged in the field. When all is said, we are called upon imaginatively to project this act of discovery against a hypostatically person having ordinary skill in the art, acquainted with all that has been published and all that has been publicly sold. If there be an issue more troublesome, or more apt for litigation than this, we are not aware of it. (...) :- US Judge Learned Hand in Harries v. Air King Prod. Co., 183 F.2d 158, 162 (United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 1950).

See also See List of patent legal concepts for articles on various legal aspects of patents, including special types of patents and patent applications.

• Idea-expression divide A copyright law concept often raised in the patent context.

Footnotes

Board of Education ex rel Board of Trustees of Florida State University v. American Bioscience Inc, 67 USPQ 2d 1252 (United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 2003)

A person shall be entitled to a patent unless... 35 USC 102

External links

• Patentability requirements in United States patent law, from the USPTO web site

Within the context of a state or multilateralism body of law, an invention is patentable if it meets the relevant legal conditions to be granted a patent. By extension, patentability also refers to the substantive conditions that must be met for a patent to be held valid.

Requirements The patent laws usually require that, in order for an invention to be patentable, it must

• be of patentable subject matter, ie a kind of subject-matter that is eligible for patent protection,
• be novelty (patent) (i.e. at least some aspect of it must be new),
• be Inventive step and non-obviousness (in United States patent law) or involve an Inventive step and non-obviousness (in European patent law); and
• be utility (patent) (in U.S. patent law) or be susceptible of industrial applicability (in European patent law).

Usually the term "patentability" only refers to "substantive" conditions, and does not refer to formal conditions such as the "sufficiency of disclosure", the "unity of invention" or the "sufficiency of disclosure".

Judging patentability is one aspect of the official patent application of a patent application performed by a patent examiner. Although the grant of a patent creates a presumption that the claim (patent)ed invention is valid, errors in the granting procedure may occur and previously unconsidered prior art may be brought to light only after the patent was granted, but under higher scrutiny based on the presumption of validity.

Prior to filing date a patent application, inventors sometimes obtain a patentability opinion from a patent attorney or patent attorney regarding whether an invention satisfies the substantive conditions of patentability.

Opposition and reexamination Many national and regional patent offices provide procedures for reconsidering whether or not a given patent is valid after grant. Under the European Patent Convention, any person can file an Opposition procedure before the European Patent Office provided they act promptly after grant of the patent. In the United States, members of the public can initiate reexamination proceedings. Japan provides similar options as well.

Members of the public can also initiate lawsuits in the courts of various nations to have patents declared invalid.

United Kingdom patents can be reviewed by way of a non-binding opinion issued by the Patent Office, or by formal applications for revocation before the Patent Office or the Court. If the patent survives a revocation action, this is noted for future reference by way of a Certificate of contested validity.

Infringement The fact that an invention is patentable does not necessarily mean that that invention does not also patent infringement another patent. The first patent in a given area may have a broad claim covering the concept of the invention since there is no prior art in that area. Later, a specific implementation of that concept may be invented, which is patentable as it is not disclosed in the earlier patent, but that falls within the claim to the general concept. The later inventor must, therefore, obtain a licence from earlier proprietor to be able to exploit his invention.

Thomas Edison's thin carbon filament light bulb was a patentable improvement over the earlier patented Henry Woodward (inventor) and Mathew Evans thick carbon filament light bulb. Thomas Edison bought the Woodward patent for $US 5,000 before he began his development work so that Woodward would not be able to sue him for patent infringement after Edison became commercially successful.

Legislations United States Under United States patent law, inventor (patent) is also regarded as a patentability criterion. It is a United States constitution requirement. United States Congress' ability to grant patents is authorized only for the inventor. This was confirmed by case law: "Inventorship is indeed relevant to patentability under 35 U.S.C. § 102(f), and patents have in the past been held unenforceable for failure to correctly name inventors in cases where the named inventors acted in bad faith or with deceptive intent."

Details on patentability in the U.S. can be found in the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure or MPEP. This is published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and is the reference manual used by both patent examiners and patent agents/attorneys. Chapter 2100, in particular, gives a comprehensive overview of the standards for patentability, a discussion of the related case law, and guidance on how to overcome an examiner's rejection of a given set of claims.

In the United States, the patent grant is presumptive, e.g. a patent shall issue unless the patent statutes preclude the grant. In other words, the burden is on the Patent Office to prove why a patent should NOT be granted.

Quotes question whether there is a patentable invention is as fugitive, impalpable, wayward, and vague a phantom as exists in the whole paraphernalia of legal concepts. It involves, or it should involve, as complete a reconstruction of the art that preceded it as is possible. The test of invention is the originality of the discovery, and discovery depends upon the mental act of conceiving the new combination, for substantially every invention is only a combination. Nothing is more illusory, as nothing is more common, than to assume that this can be measured objectively by the magnitude of the physical readjustments required. Courts never tire, or at least in earlier times they never did, of expatiating upon the freshness of insight which observes a little, but fruitful, change which had theretofore escaped detection by those engaged in the field. When all is said, we are called upon imaginatively to project this act of discovery against a hypostatically person having ordinary skill in the art, acquainted with all that has been published and all that has been publicly sold. If there be an issue more troublesome, or more apt for litigation than this, we are not aware of it. (...) :- US Judge Learned Hand in Harries v. Air King Prod. Co., 183 F.2d 158, 162 (United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 1950).

See also See List of patent legal concepts for articles on various legal aspects of patents, including special types of patents and patent applications.

• Idea-expression divide A copyright law concept often raised in the patent context.

Footnotes

Board of Education ex rel Board of Trustees of Florida State University v. American Bioscience Inc, 67 USPQ 2d 1252 (United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 2003)

A person shall be entitled to a patent unless... 35 USC 102

External links

• Patentability requirements in United States patent law, from the USPTO web site

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