What is Invention?

Invention is a solution for a specific issue about a product or method  in technological areas.

Invention is origin of the Patent Law. It can be defined as technical solution for an issue or a new suggested  method for making a work or new products.

Inventions can be protected with Patent and Utility Model Certificate. 

 

What are the criterias for the protection of invention by granting patent?

·      Innovation; absolute innovation is defined as not to express written, orally or applying by others before application.

·      State of art; it is the quality that a specialist in this area can not easily think and practice.

·      Applicable to industry; instead of being theoretical, the invention can be put into practice.

 

Which issues can not be protected by Patent and Utility Model Certificate?

a) Exploration, Scientific Theories, Mathmatical Methods

b) Plans, rules and procedures about intellectual, commercial and practice operations.

c) Literature, art and scientific works, artistic creations, softwares.

d) Non-technical procedures about gathering, regulating, presenting, transmitting of an information.

e) Surgical methods, treatments and identification procedures on humans or animals. Combinations and ingridients of former cases and their producting procedures can be protected by patent and utility model certificate.

 

Which ınventions can not be protected by Patent and Utility Model Certificate?

            a)  Inventions that are conterary to public policy and morality.

            b) Plant or animal species or biological methods to cultivate plant or animal species.

 

Classes of Patent

a) Patent with an inspection      :

            In this system, patent can be given for 20 years.  

b) Patent without an inspection :

            In this system, patent can be given for 7 years. It's much more easier, faster and cheaper to grant this kind of patent than former system. But this kind of patent is not as effective as the former one. Within this period (7 years) inventor can apply to inspection for extention of validity. This validity is for (7+13) 20 years.   

 

UTİLİTY MODEL              :

If the  invention is new in Turkey or around the world and appliable to industry, inventor has right to produce and market for 10 years with utility model certifacate. Granting utility model certificate is cheaper and faster than patent.

 

Differences between Utility Model and Patent :

1)  Utility Model doesn't have to exceed the known-state of technics.

2)  Validity of protection is different.

3)  It's cheaper and faster to gather utility model certificate than patent because, there is no investigation and inspection.

 

REQUIREMENTS FOR PATENT and UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION

·      Specification, claims and abstract (in about 100 words) in the Turkish language. One copy in English is needed for translation purposes.

·      Formal drawings, if any. (3 sets)

·      The particulars of the corresponding foreign application.

·      A certified copy of the basic application as filed along with its translation if priority rights are to be claimed.

·      Deed of Assignment (or proof of assignment) from the investors to the applicant.

·      A simply signed power of attorney.

How Can I Send the Documents?

Fax : +90216 346 25 17

E-mail : info@garanpatent.com