Explore: Models (patents)

for both utility models and patents, public use outside of Russia is considered as prior art only for patents, but not for utility models. Unlike in most

required. The United States Patent Office used to publicly display the models of approved patents. This collection of models suffered two major fires- one

patents, and utility models and Gebrauchsmuster are sometimes called petty patents or innovation patents. The additional qualification utility patent

The X-Patents are all the patents issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office from July 1790 (when the first U.S. patent was issued), to July

6,242 were patent examiners (almost all of whom were assigned to examine utility patents; only 99 were assigned to examine design patents) and 388 were

needed] From 1790 to 1880 in the US, patent models were required. A patent model was a scratch-built miniature model no larger than 12" by 12" by 12", approximately

programs and the Patent Cooperation Treaty Software patents under national laws: Software patents under United States patent law Software patents under United

ownership of patents more liquid, thereby creating incentives to innovate and patent. Patent Licensing Entities also argue that aggregating patents in the hands

competent for adjudicating patent infringement of national patents, national parts of European patents and Eurasian patents when the infringement takes

revolver: the Colt Model 1871-72 Open Top. The company registered two patents for the Open Top, one in 1871, the other in 1872, the same patents mentioned in