WHAT IS A UTILITY PATENT?

A Utility patent is the most common type of patent protection, and is typically what people mean when they discuss patents. Utility patents apply to new and useful inventions that do something or any new and useful improvement. Utility patents are divided into three basic types: mechanical, electrical, and chemical.

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The main goal of a utility patent is that to describe what the invention is and claim the structure, composition, or operation of how it works. This part of the utility patent is called a 'specification' and it usually includes illustration drawings and may also include descriptions of different versions, or embodiments, of the invention.

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For more on the Utility Patent process, watch the video below: