Patent & Utility Model Registration
Secure Your Innovations
Every great invention starts with a dream. However, patent registration plays a vital role in turning this dream into reality and protecting it. Patent registration offers inventors the opportunity to protect their innovations and make financial gains. Let's take a closer look at the advantages of patent registration and the details of the process.
Every great invention starts with a dream. However, patent registration plays a vital role in realizing and protecting this dream. Patent registration offers inventors the opportunity to protect their innovations and make financial gains. Let's take a closer look at the advantages of patent registration and the details of the process.
Legal Protection: Your Invention Safe Harbor
Patent registration gives you legal protection by preventing unauthorized use of your invention. This prevents your invention from being copied or misused by others. A registered patent offers a strong defense mechanism in legal proceedings and protects the reputation of your invention.
Competitive Advantage: Climb to the Top of the Market
A registered patent makes you stand out from your competitors. Innovative products and technologies provide a great advantage in the market. Patent registration contributes to the growth of your business by increasing your market share. In a world of intense competition, a registered patent puts you one step ahead.
Financial Gain: Open the Door to Income
Patent registration offers you the opportunity to earn money. You can earn additional income by licensing or selling your registered patent. It also increases your chances of getting financial backing by attracting investors. Patent registration is an important investment that increases the value of your business.
Attract Investment: Build Your Future
Patented inventions attract investors and provide financial support. Investors prefer to invest in innovative and protected technologies. Patent registration helps you build the future of your business and increases your growth potential.
What is Patents?
A patent is a document that allows the owner of an invention to have sole rights over the invention for a certain period of time. This right prevents the misuse of the invention and provides financial gain to the inventor. Here is detailed information about patent registration:
A patent is a document that provides legal protection for an inventive idea or invention. Patents are granted to individuals who protect their inventions and allow the exploitation of this invention for a certain period of time.
Features of the Patent
Innovation:
In order to obtain a patent certificate, the invention must be new worldwide. In other words, the invention must not have been disclosed in writing, orally or by practice before the application is filed.
The invention must be applicable to industry, that is, it must be practically usable.
Invention Step:
The inventive step determines whether an invention involves an innovation or technical advance that a person skilled in the relevant art could not readily demonstrate. This criterion implies that it is not enough for the invention to be new, it must also provide a significant novelty or improvement over the existing state of knowledge.
“Invention Step Criteria”
Technical Progress:
The invention must represent a significant advance over existing technical knowledge. This means that the invention offers a new and creative approach to solving a technical problem.
Expert Perspective:
When evaluating the inventive step, the knowledge and skills of a person skilled in the relevant technical field are taken into account. This expert assesses whether the invention can be easily demonstrated according to the current level of knowledge.
Innovation:
The invention must not have been disclosed or used before. This means that the invention involves a completely new idea or method.
What is a Utility Model?
A utility model is an industrial property right that grants the right to manufacture, use and market the invention for 10 years to the owners of new and innovative inventions that can be applied to the industry. Unlike a patent, a utility model document does not require the inventive step criterion, but only the criteria of innovation and industrial applicability are considered, which provides an advantage, especially for simple developments made in existing techniques to be protected in a shorter period of time . It provides an advantage for small and medium-sized enterprises.
Utility Model Features
Innovation:
In order to obtain a utility model certificate, the invention must be new. In other words, the invention must not have been disclosed in writing, verbally or through practice before the application is made.
Domestic and International Patent Registration
Domestic Patent/F. Model Registration:
It is a process that provides legal protection for an invention within the borders of Turkey. This process grants the inventor the right to produce, use, sell or import his invention for a certain period of time (Patent 20 years, Utility Model 10 years).
Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT) It is legally protected within the borders of Turkey by the Turkish Patent and Trademark Authority. This registration grants exclusive rights to the inventor and prevents unauthorized use of the invention.
Foreign Patent/F. Model Registration:
It is a process that provides international protection for an invention. This process grants the inventor the right to produce, use, sell or import his invention in more than one country for a certain period of time (Patent 20 years, Utility Model 10 years).
Foreign Patent Application and Registration Systems
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Application:
European Patent (EP) Application:
An application under the European Patent Convention (EPC) is filed through the European Patent Office (EPO). If this application is examined and approved by the European Patent Office, it becomes valid in the countries that are parties to the European Patent Convention. The EP application provides broad protection in Europe.
Eurasian Patent Application:
An application filed through the Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) is valid in the countries that are parties to the Eurasian Patent Convention. This system provides broad protection in the Eurasian region with a single application.
African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) Application:
ARIPO offers a patent registration service for certain countries on the African continent. This application is filed through ARIPO and is valid between member countries.
Organization for African Intellectual Property (OAPI) Application:
OAPI offers a patent registration service for certain countries in West and Central Africa. This application is filed through OAPI and is valid between member countries.
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Patent Application
An application filed through the GCC Patent Office is valid in the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council. This system provides broad protection in the Gulf region with a single application.