A patent is an intellectual house correct that provides the holder, not an working correct, but a proper to prohibit the use by a third get together of the patented invention, from a certain date and for a restricted duration (normally twenty years).

Some countries might at the time of registration concern a "provisional patent" and could grant a "grace time period" ideas for inventions of a single 12 months which avoids the invalidity of the patent to an inventor who disclosed his invention prior to filing a patent in a non-confidential basis with the advantage of allowing fast dissemination...