{"id":1172,"date":"2015-11-10T16:29:03","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T16:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/patentlaw\/?p=1172"},"modified":"2015-11-10T16:29:03","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T16:29:03","slug":"dont-forget-all-the-parts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/patentlaw\/2015\/11\/10\/dont-forget-all-the-parts\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t forget all the parts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cat_tub\"<\/a>A post from student blogger Nicole<\/em><\/p>\n

There are three important things when dealing with an invention for a patent.\u00a0 The invention must be nonobvious, novel, and useful.\u00a0 Before this program I actually thought the only thing you needed to get a patent was a new invention.\u00a0 Unfortunately I was wrong.\u00a0 The invention has to be nonobvious, useful, and fit into a statutory category as well.\u00a0 But what is this nonobvious thing I\u2019m talking about?\u00a0 How can something be nonobvious?\u00a0 Well you see, when you have an invention you have to research it to make sure it\u2019s not out there already.\u00a0 So when you come across two things that when put together create your invention, that means your invention is obvious.\u00a0 But you were so excited to create this invention! It was so unique in your mind and if it was so obvious then why wasn\u2019t it already invented!\u00a0\u00a0 Yeah it doesn\u2019t really make sense.\u00a0 The world of patent law is an enigma.\u00a0 But don\u2019t give up too soon because there are patent agents or lawyers out there that will put their blood, sweat, and tears into your invention to find some part of it that can be patented.\u00a0 Another example of obviousness would be if an existing invention is made with a new material, it would be considered novel but it would also be considered obvious.<\/p>\n

Now that you\u2019ve figured out your invention is new and nonobvious, let\u2019s move on to whether or not it\u2019s useful.\u00a0 It has to be able to function.\u00a0 So nothing that violates laws of physics is allowed or anything straight up crazy like that Godly powers patent I talked about back in September.\u00a0 Once you figured out it\u2019s useful you have to determine if it fits into one of the five categories: process, machine, article of manufacture, composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement.\u00a0 A process is a series of operations and is as simple as it sounds, like the process of bathing your cat without injury.\u00a0 A machine is a device consisting of a series of fixed or moving parts and could be something like a machine that turns pages of a book for you.\u00a0 An article of manufacture is a simple invention with few or no moving parts and could be something as simple as a pencil.\u00a0 A composition of matter is a unique arrangement of items like glue and plastics.\u00a0 A new and useful improvement would be something like a method of converting a video game controller into a laser pointer.\u00a0 I think I\u2019d like to get my hands on one of those game controllers.\u00a0 Well now that everyone has their facts straight, no one should forget all the important things that go into getting a patent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A post from student blogger Nicole There are three important things when dealing with an invention for a patent.\u00a0 The invention must be nonobvious, novel, and useful.\u00a0 Before this program I actually thought the only thing you needed to get … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29602],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-blog-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/patentlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/patentlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/patentlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/patentlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/patentlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/patentlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1174,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/patentlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172\/revisions\/1174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/patentlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/patentlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/patentlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}