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I.  \nI AM NOT A LAWYER  \n2  \nPATENT SEARCHING WHY?  \nWHY ARE WE DOING THIS?  \nWHAT’STHE POINT OF PATENTS?  \n• Patents are limited monopolies granted by the government in exchange for making the details of the invention public  \n– Control use, distribution, import, sale, etc .  \n• Patents have value  \n– Technical details  \n– Economic impact  \n4  \nBUT WHY DO WE CARE?  \nWHAT DOES THIS HAVE TODO WITH SOYBEANS?  \n• Patent searching is a requirement for this competition  \n• You need to know the intellectual landscape relating to your product  \n– Is it patented? If so, is the patent active?  \n– Is there useful technical information in other patents that we can use?  \n• Just because a product never made it to market doesn’t mean there isn’t a patent issue  \n5  \nWHAT ARE PATENTS?  \nAND HOW DO THEY WORK?  \n• Three criteria  \n– Novel  \n– Useful  \n– Non-obvious  \n• “First to File” wins  \n• Administered by USPTO  \n– Can take 2-3 years from application to grant of patent rights  \n• 20 years from filing date of application paperwork  \n6  \nWHAT ARE PATENTS?  \nHOW ABOUT PROVISIONAL PATENT APPLICATIONS?  \n• Provisional Patent Applications save your place in the “first to file” line  \n• Provisionals ARE NOT patents  \n• If you do a provisional, you have ONE YEAR todo a full application, or it all gets thrown out  \n7  \nWHAT ARE PATENTS?  \nPARTSOFA PATENT– FRONTPAGE  \nTitle  \nOwners  \nClasses  \nSee also  \n8  \nWHAT ARE PATENTS?  \nPARTSOFA PATENT– DRAWINGS  \n9  \nWHAT ARE PATENTS?  \nPARTSOFA PATENT– SUMMARY & DESCRIPTION  \n• Each element of the drawings must be completely described  \n• This is often where the technical detail is included in the patent  \n10","cbCaibTTQclgg6q6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibTTQclgg6q6","pdf",1616320,28,"English","# Why Conduct Patent Searches\n## Purpose of Patents\n## Relevance to the Competition\n# Understanding Patents\n## Patent Criteria\n## Provisional Patent Applications\n## Anatomy of a Patent","[{\"question\":\"Why is patent searching a requirement for the Soybean Competition?\",\"answer\":\"Participants need to evaluate the intellectual landscape of their product, determine if it is already patented, and identify any useful technical information available in existing patents.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the three core criteria for an invention to be patented?\",\"answer\":\"An invention must be novel, useful, and non-obvious to qualify for a patent.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the function of a provisional patent application?\",\"answer\":\"A provisional application acts as a placeholder to secure a priority date in a first-to-file system, but it is not a full patent and expires after one year if a full application is not submitted.\"}]","Soybean Competition Patent Searching - Why, How, Where | PDF",1792791860,71]