What is patent?

A Patent is the statutory right granting for the new invention or creation. By having Patent right the Patentee can use, buy, sell and import the patented product and process for his welfare. Without the patent registration, the patentee is not able to legally safeguard his invention. A Patent can be in the form of new technical information and an application which resolves the issue of public.

The patentee can sell his patent to someone else with the base of mutual agreement. Once the patent sold to anybody then he will be the owner of the invention for a limited time period. A registered patent is valid for 20 years. Once it expires, it will be moved to the category of public domain. Then anybody can use it without any infringement bias.