PATENT REGISTRATION
WHAT IS AN INVENTION?
An invention is an innovation that provides a technical solution to a problem. These innovations can be: A completely new machine, product, chemical compound or a method. Or it can be an improvement made to a known machine, product or method.
How Do We Know Whether an Invention is New?
You can do research on free websites to find out whether your invention is new. In this way, you will not waste money, effort and time on an invention that has been found before.
WHAT IS A PATENT?
They are monopoly rights granted to the patent owner for a limited period and place in order to prevent the invention from being produced, sold, used or imported by third parties without permission. The document showing that the use of this right belongs to the applicant is called a Patent Certificate.
A patent prevents others from commercially;
• Producing
• Using,
• Selling,
• Importing or exporting the invention protected by the patent without the permission of the applicant.
Patents are granted to inventions in every field of technology provided that they are new, contain an inventive step and are applicable to the industry.
PATENTABILITY CRITERIA
Novelty: It means that the invention is not included in the known state of the art, that is, it contains a difference from the existing disclosed technical information.
Inventive Step: It means that the invention is of a nature that cannot be clearly deduced from the known state of the art by a person skilled in the relevant technical field.
Industrial Applicability: It means that the invention can be produced or used in any branch of industry.
Inventions for which a patent application will be made must not be new or have not been published in any written or oral form in any accessible medium worldwide. At this point, it is important and a priority to conduct a comprehensive patent search to answer the question "Has anyone in the world thought of this invention or a similar one before?" before taking steps to implement the ideas.
The following subjects and activities that are not considered inventions by the Industrial Property Law are excluded from patentability.
Discoveries, scientific theories and mathematical methods
Plans, rules and methods related to mental activities, business activities or games
Computer programs
Products with aesthetic qualities, works of literature and art and scientific works
Presentation of information
Again, the following subjects are excluded from patentability despite being inventions in the Industrial Property Law.
Inventions that are contrary to public order or general morality
Except for microbiological processes or products obtained as a result of these processes, plant varieties or animal breeds and essentially biological processes aimed at the production of plants or animals.
Diagnostic methods applied to the human or animal body and all treatment methods, including surgical methods.
The human body at various stages of its formation and development and the mere discovery of one of the elements of the human body, including a gene sequence or partial gene sequence.
Human cloning processes, processes to change the genetic identity of the human germ line, the use of human embryos for industrial or commercial purposes, processes to change the genetic identity of animals that may cause suffering without providing significant medical benefit to humans or animals, and animals obtained as a result of these processes.
HOW LONG IS THE PERIOD OF PATENT PROTECTION?
Since the patent document is issued based on an examination report showing whether the product applied for is new, has industrial applicability and inventive step criteria, a more solid and longer protection is obtained. The patent document provides protection for 20 years from the application date and this period cannot be extended.
