FAQs Patent Questions

Question:The Inventor is the only person allowed to apply for a patent.

Answer:
c, with certain exceptions. If a person who is not the inventor should apply for a patent, the patent, if it were obtained, would be invalid.

Question:The inventors assistance center provides patent information.

Answer:
Provides patent information and services to the public. The IAC is staffed by former Supervisory Patent Examiners and experienced Primary Examiners who answer general questions concerning patent examining policy and procedure.

Question:If two or more persons make an invention jointly, they apply for a patent as joint inventors

Answer:
If two or more persons make an invention jointly, they apply for a patent as joint inventors. A person who makes only a financial contribution is not a joint inventor and cannot be joined in the application as an inventor.

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