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Patent is a document issued by a national government granting
an inventor exclusive rights to an invention for a limited amount
of time". Therefore a patent attorney is a lawyer who files
requests for patents and helps inventors protect their rights
to their product. The patent attorney charges different amounts
of money for different services. A patent attorney has to do
with chemistry because a patent can protect a scientist's new
invention. |
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practice of using patents has been in effect since George Washington
signed the first U.S. Patent Act in to law on April 10, 1790.
There are two different types of patents. These patents are
a design patent or an utility patent. The design patent protects
new macines, processes and it protects the item's appearence,
such as shape. It is good for 14 years from the year it was
filed. An utility patent protects new tools, devices, macines,
computer programs, processes and formulas. |
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help support new ideas in the fields of many things, such as
technology, that helps encourage growth in the United States
economy. These new inventions, protecting by patents "encourages
increased prosperity for our Nation" as George W. Bush
said on July 31, 2002. |
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Patent
attorneys must play particular attention to the detail of
the idea or product being introduced in order to ensure that
it will be protected. Therefore, patent attroneys play an
important role in protecting new discoveries and are very
reasourceful to all people. Patent attroneys, like other attroneys,
spend some in time in court, but they also spend time researching
past patents of similar products, as well as a great deal
of time learning about the product that a patent is needed
for, so they can fully understand every aspect of the item
in order to properly protect it.
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attorneys typically make around $130,000 a year, but it may
vary depending on the attorney's experence and educational
background and who he is working for. Many of these companies
also offer stock as incentives to patent attroneys to work
for them.For
example, many companies require a background in sciences,
much as biology and chemistry, as well as a law degree. Patent
attorneys may work in law practices, for large companies,
or they may be self-employed, working for individuals who
want to acquire patents. The job outlook for patent attorneys
is very good because people and companies will always create
new items that they want to be protected.
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