So far we've applied for 414 patent claims.

I've applied for a patent on my invention.

On October 6, 1942, the Patent Office issued Carlson's patent on electrophotography.

I filed a patent.

In 2001, Google received a patent for its PageRank mechanism.

To obtain a patent, an applicant must demonstrate that an invention meets three criteria newness, non obviousness (that there is an inventive step), and utility (the invention does what it claims to do).

Upon his return to America, he applied for his US patent for a revolving gun he was granted the patent on February 25, 1836 (later numbered 9430X).

UNITAID s patent pool for AIDS medicines, for example, allows generics producers to make cheaper versions of patented medicines by enabling patent holders to license their technology in exchange for royalties.

Recent data for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office tells an amazing story.

Montulli applied for a patent for the cookie technology in 1995, and was granted in 1998.

My 44th patent about the 15th invention.

And I thought, I should patent this.

Resident inventors in Greece, by contrast, filed just 69 patent applications for every million.

In 2013, for example, resident inventors in Germany filed some 917 patent applications for every million inhabitants.

The applicant was immediately arrested and prosecuted for offending the President, an offense under the 1881 Freedom of the Press Act.

The patent system was notoriously expensive and inaccessible.

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This is what we re denouncing with the patent.

U. S. Patent 3,547,999, issued Dec. 15, 1970.

drug prices in rich countries must remain higher through patent protection to preserve incentives for innovation

Almost immediately, China became the world s top patent filer.

He was granted U.S. patent number 3,387,286 in 1968.

Proctor requested that the patent examination be continued, submitting additional patent claims and even changing his lawyers several times (allowing more bureaucratic delay).

UNITAID s patent pool for AIDS medicines, for example, allows generics producers to make cheaper versions of patented medicines by enabling patent holders to license their technology in exchange for royalties. Ultimately, generics remain the current front runner in terms of delivering affordable medicines.

Miramontes Luis E. (1959), Procedure for obtaining sapogenins from natural un dried products , United States Patent 2912362.

On March 23, 1903, the Wrights applied for their famous patent for a Flying Machine , based on their successful 1902 glider.

The effectiveness of obtaining patent protection is 80 percent of number of applications for inventions and utility models.

China is fourth and rising in terms of international patent applications.

But from the outset of the intervention, coalition officials have displayed patent disregard for mass graves and massacre sites.

The bean for which Proctor was granted a patent is a farmers variety, originally from Mexico and in the public domain for centuries.

Further, it proposed the establishment of an LDC patent pool for neglected tropical diseases and donated to it 13,500 compounds for malaria vaccines.

The patent system may even have adverse effects on innovation, because, while the most important input into any research is prior ideas, the patent system encourages secrecy.

Miramonte, Luis E., Flores Humberto J (1968), Process for isolation of solanum alkaloids from solanum plants , United States Patent 3385844.

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So, reform the international patent system to guarantee the poor access to essential medicines, but don t kill the goose that lays the golden egg by undermining the patent system.

In late 1996, after barely two years, he stated that he had invented a unique variety, and applied for a patent.

Meanwhile, in 2001, taking advantage of the USPTO s slow response, Proctor sued 16 small seed companies in Colorado for patent infringement.

The patent conferred Proctor exclusive rights over a bean variety he called Enola.

As so often the case, there is no patent medicine against this syndrome.

Miramontes Luis E. (1962), Hecogenin azine and alkyliden azinotigogenins , United States Patent 3033857.

Such a scheme should include a point system for selecting applicants for residence and work permits, which would assign each applicant a score based on objective criteria, typically including language ability, education, and experience.

For example, despite widespread violent crime, Mexico and South Africa have high levels of innovation (measured by patent filing and trademark registration).

Miramontes Luis E. (1961), Process for the production of 3beta hydroxy 16alpha, 17alpha epoxy 5 pregnen 20 one , United States Patent 3004967.

OTTAWA In April 1999 Larry Proctor, a United States citizen and owner of a seed company, won a patent at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), claiming a Mexican yellow bean.

In 2009, about 280,000 domestic patent applications were filed in China, placing it third globally, behind Japan and the United States. China is fourth and rising in terms of international patent applications.