Intellectual Property
A patent for an invention is the grant of a property right to the inventor, issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Patents are limited and temporary monopolies granted by the government in return for full disclosure by inventors of the details of their invention.
Patents are often considered a contract between the government and an inventor. An inventor is someone who contributes to the conception of an invention. The patent law of the United States of America requires that the applicant in a patent application must be the inventor (USPTO).
