FAQs Patent Questions

Question:On filing a plant or utility application on or after 11/29/2000 Inventors may choose to not publish their application

Answer:
On filing of a plant or utility application on or after November 29, 2000, an applicant may request that the application not be published, but only if the invention has not been and will not be the subject of an application filed in a foreign country that requires publication 18 months after filing (or earlier claimed priority date) or under the Patent Cooperation Treaty.

Question:What is Patent Term Restoration?

Answer:
Patents issued by the Patent Trademark Office (PTO) grant patent holders the right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention.

Question:There are plant patents for anyone who invents or discovers new types of plants.

Answer:
Patents on plants to anyone who invents or discovers and asexually reproduces any distinct and new variety of plant.

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