KAPACERT / PATENTS

Patents.
Protecting ideas.

National and European patent protection, international PCT applications, industrial designs and utility models.

01National patents02European patent03International PCT application04Industrial designs & utility models

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Patents and protection of ideas

PATENTING YOUR MACHINES

PATENTING YOUR MACHINES Industrial property rights concern all the intangible assets of a company, i.e. everything linked to the design, creation and marketing of its products, and are mainly protected through patents, trademarks and models.

The patent is an exclusive right that allows, for a limited period of time, the owner to prevent anyone from producing, marketing, using the invention covered by the patent without his/her consent and in any case from gaining economic advantage from it, for example through exclusive licenses. or non-exclusive.

Of course, only if the invention complies with certain legal requirements can the patent and the resulting rights be obtained.

This exclusive right is obtained following a procedure before the competent authority, has a duration of twenty years from the date of filing of the application and is a territorial right that is valid only in the country in which the patent was granted.

In exchange for an exclusivity that can last up to twenty years, the State requires the payment of certain taxes and in particular annual maintenance fees and complete technical disclosure of the invention.

However, it is important to remember that a patent does not guarantee the right to implement the invention; in fact, even if you have a patent granted to protect an invention, it is necessary to ensure that there are no other prior patents that prevent its free implementation.

KAPACERT tries to protect every invention, or form of product of our customers, obtaining monopoly rights for our customers, i.e. exclusivity of production and marketing.

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02The scope of protection

NATIONAL PATENT

EUROPEAN PATENT

INTERNATIONAL PATENT

INVESTIGATIONS FOR PATENTS PROTECTION

03National patent

National Patent

A patent granted for a state allows you to obtain protection in the territory of the state itself.
The patent application, filed with the competent State Office, is the subject of a patentability examination by the Office itself, an examination which involves the issuing of a prior art search and an examination report in which the Office checks the patentability requirements.
Once any objections have been overcome, the competent Office grants the patent.

04Foreign national patent

Foreign National Patent

The patent granted in a foreign country allows you to obtain protection in its territory.
The patent application, filed at the local Patent Office, is the subject of a patentability examination by the Office itself, an examination whose method and severity may vary from country to country, but which essentially aims to verify the patentability requirements, listed above. Once any objections are overcome, the Office grants the patent.

05European patent

European patent

A patent granted as a European Patent allows you to obtain, through a centralized filing, examination and granting procedure, "potential" protection in the countries adhering to the Convention of Geographical European Countries and not just the countries of the European Union.
The patent application, filed at the European Patent Office, is the subject of a patentability examination by the Office itself, an examination which involves the issuing of a prior art search and a cross-examination in which the Office verifies patentability requirements.
The patentability requirements that European patent applications must satisfy (according to the European Patent Convention) are the same requirements that national patent applications must satisfy.
At the end of the technical/patent discussion between the Applicant and the European Patent Office, if the patentability objections are overcome, the European Patent Office grants the patent.
The "potential" protection obtained with the granting of the European patent must be transformed into "effective" protection through nationalization in the countries of interest. Nationalization requires compliance with certain formalities which may consist of paying taxes and/or filing a translation of the granted text into the language of the country of nationalization.

06International patent / PCT

International Patent

07Types of intellectual property protection

Types of Patents

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

This is the protection that can be given to the shape of a product.
“Registering a design” protects the aesthetic appearance of the product; that is, the SET OF LINES THAT MAKE UP THE SHAPE.
It has a maximum duration of 25 years (5 year periods, renewable 5 times).
Can be:
NATIONAL
COMMUNITY
INTERNATIONAL (Hague Convention countries)‏

UTILITY MODEL

Normally it is said that the utility model protects the form of a product that has its own specific technical functionality or consists of a small invention that provides machines or some of their parts with particular effectiveness or ease of application and use.

PATENT

The invention can be protected:
In individual countries, via national patent
In multiple European or non-European countries via the European patent or the international PCT application,
The patent is an exclusive right that allows, for a limited period of time, the owner to prevent anyone from producing, marketing, using the invention covered by the patent without his/her consent and in any case from gaining economic advantage from it, for example through exclusive licenses. or non-exclusive.
Of course, only if the invention complies with certain legal requirements can the patent and the resulting rights be obtained.

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