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The document outlines the provisions and requirements for filing a provisional application for patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). It explains the benefits of provisional applications, including lower costs, establishing an early filing date, and allowing the use of 'Patent Pending' status. The document details the necessary components for a valid filing, the 12-month pendency period, and the process for converting to a non-provisional application. It also highlights important cautions regarding deadlines and potential loss of patent rights.

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What is the background of a patent specification?

A simple Background section has three paragraphs: Field of the invention. Acknowledgment of a problem in the field of the invention. Need for improvement in the art.

What is background art in a patent?

Prior art (also known as state of the art or background art) is a concept in patent law used to determine the patentability of an invention, in particular whether an invention meets the novelty and the inventive step or non-obviousness criteria for patentability.

What is invention patent?

A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention. Patents benefit inventors by providing them with legal protection of their inventions. However, patents also benefit the society by providing public access to technical information about these inventions, and thus accelerating innovation.

What is a background invention?

Background Invention means an invention, or improvements to any invention, other than a Subject Invention, which the Recipient has previously conceived, designed, developed and/or produced, or has concurrently designed, developed and/or produced outside this Agreement.

What is the term of the June 8 1995 patent?

All patents (other than design patents) that were in force on June 8, 1995, or that issued on an application that was filed before June 8, 1995, have a term that is the greater of the twenty-year term or seventeen years from the patent grant. See 35 U.S.C. 154(c).

Can you look up old patents?

Patent searching can be done directly on the USPTOs web site. Full text and images are available for patents from 1976 to the most recent Tuesday. Images, current classification numbers and patent numbers only are available for patents from 1790 to 1975.

What is the background of the invention patent?

In the context of patents, the background of the invention refers to a section in a U.S. patent application or resulting patent that provides information about the field of art to which the invention belongs, summarizes the existing state of the art, and describes the problem that the invention aims to solve.

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