FREQUENTLY ASKED PATENT QUESTIONS

The United States Patent and Trademark Office

Functions of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

What Are Patents, Trademarks, Servicemarks, and Copyrights?

What Is a Patent?

Types of Patents (three kinds)

What Is a Trademark or Servicemark?

What Is a Copyright?

Patent Laws

What Can Be Patented?

Novelty and Non-Obviousness, Conditions for Obtaining a Patent

General Information and Correspondence

Library, Search Room Searches and Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries

Patent Attorneys and Agents

Disclosure Document Program

WARNING to Inventors

Provisional Application for Patent