A patent is a form of right granted by the government to an inventor, giving the owner the right to exclude others from making, using, selling, offering to sell, and importing an invention for a limited period of time, in exchange for the public disclosure of the invention. An invention is a solution to a specific technological problem, which may be a product or a process and generally has to fulfil three main requirements: it has to be new, not obvious and there needs to be an industrial applicability.:17 COUNT 5
QSN1 Who grants a patent? ANS1 the government QSN2 Who is a patent granted to? ANS2 an inventor QSN3 How many requirements does an invention need to fulfill for a patent? ANS3 three QSN4 An invention is a solution to what type of problem? ANS4 technological QSN5 What is a patent offered in exchange for? ANS5 public disclosure of the invention