Under which categories can you file for patent rights locally?

January 19, 2009 | Intellectual Property, Inventions, Law, Patent, Patent Attorneys

There are a few categories for patent rights, but we recommend that you get in touch with one of our attorneys to help you determine under which category/categories you can file your invention for patent rights:

Machines
Manufacturing items
Components
Processes
Improvements

Machines
Machines can be mechanical devices or various devices together with a specific function that will lead to an outcome.

Manufactured items
This include any items not already included under machines, but which are tangible.

Components
The result of a mixture of compounds whether chemical or mechanical.

Processes
Specific steps or treatments which lead to an outcome that can be measured.

Improvements
Alterations to any of the above mentioned products.