A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention. In other words, a patent is an exclusive right to a product or a process that generally provides a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem.

For many years, the United States awarded the patent to the applicant who could prove that he or she created the invention first. But through the enactment of the America Invents Act, the U.S. has shifted to instead awarding the patent to the applicant who files the patent application first.

A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides, in general, a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem. Patents are territorial rights.

Patent means the exclusive right over any idea or invention.

The three types of patents are utility patents, design patents, and plant patents. A utility patents protect the function of a composition, machine, or process.

The three types of patents are utility patents, design patents, and plant patents. Utility patents are issued for inventions that are novel and useful. Design patents protect the design or image of a product. Plant patents are issued to applicants for plants that can reproduce.

Indian Patent Law follows first to file system. A provisional application is an application which can be filed if the invention is still under experimentation stage. Filing a provisional specification provides the advantage to the inventor since it helps in establishing a ―priority date of the invention.

The first to file rule asserts that the first party to file a lawsuit is awarded their home location for a trial or legal proceeding. The first to file rule also applies to patent applications, awarding the first person to file a patent the right to claim the intellectual property to it.

A patent is the granting of a property right by a sovereign authority to an inventor. This grant provides the inventor exclusive rights to the patented process, design, or invention for a designated period in exchange for a comprehensive disclosure of the invention. They are a form of incorporeal right.

The definition of a patent is the right from the federal government to produce and sell something for a certain number of years without anyone copying it. An example of patent is a protection against copying the production method used to create M&Ms.