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IPR is concerned with ownership and control of ideas - “intellectual output”. It is an important issue in research both because you must avoid infringing others’ IPRs and know your own rights.
====Patentability requirement====
Must meet the following three criteria
* '''[[Utility]]''' - The invention must perform some useful function for society, i.e. it must have
** useful purpose
** operativeness (invention must serve purpose)
* '''[[Novelty]]''' - It must be new, i.e. it must
** Not known or used by others
** Different from prior art
'''Note:''' 1 year grace period in US and Canada most other jurisdictions have absolute novelty requirement
* '''[[Non-Obvious]]''' – It should not be obvious to a person ordinary skilled it the art, i.e. “sufficiently different from what has been used or described before that it may be said to be nonobvious to a person having ordinary skill in the area of technology related to the invention”
====How do I get a patent?====
====Example of Quick Search in USPTO====
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====Example - Advance Search In USPTO====
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====Example - Number Search In USPTO====
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