Rights: Term of protection: The US Regimen contemplates three different kinds of patents, each one with its own characteristics and time of protection, as it can be seen on the following chart: Rights conferred: Under the US Regime, the rights conferred to the patentee are the rights to exclude others from: Making; Using; Selling; Offering more…
Rights: Under the European Patent Convention, the grant of a Patent confers to the owner the following rights: Term of Protection: 20 years from the date of filing of the application. Contracting States have the right to extend the term of a European Patent, or to grant corresponding protection which follows immediately on expiry of more…
Rights: Under the Andean Decision No. 486, the grant of a Patent confers to the owner a series of rights. Those rights are: Term of protection: The invention will be protected for 20 years from the filing date of the application. Scope of protection: What is protected is determined by the content of the claims, using the more…
