FAQs Patent Questions
Question:A patent is considered personal property and may be sold, mortgaged and may pass on to the heirs of a deceased patentee.
Answer: A patent is personal property and may be sold to others or mortgaged; it may be bequeathed by a will; and it may pass to the heirs of a deceased patentee. The patent law provides for the transfer or sale of a patent, or of an application for patent, by an instrument in writing.
Question:A design patent protects only appearance of an article,and not its structural or functional features
Answer:
The design patent protects only the appearance of an article, but not its structural or functional features.
Question:There are plant patents for anyone who invents or discovers new types of plants.
Answer:
Patents on plants to anyone who invents or discovers and asexually reproduces any distinct and new variety of plant.
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