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• - Advice on the patent process and submitting a patent application to the UK Patent Office.
• - Help with marketing and selling an idea to industry.

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Patent and Invention Definitions

Patent: A patent protects a new invention by giving the owner the right to prevent others from making, using, importing or selling the invention without their permission.
Registered Design: Sole right to use the form or appearance of a design.
The Patent Office: The patent office is a government organisation which controls the issue of patents.
Patent search: A search carried out to establish if an idea or invention has already been patented.
Patent application: The document submitted to the patent office to acquire a patent on an invention.
UK Intellectual Property Office: The official government body responsible for granting Intellectual Property rights (including patents and copyright) in the United Kingdom. It is the new name for The Patent Office.

Invention: An object, process or technique which displays an element of novelty.
Inventor: A person who develops a new method or device for performing a task.
Intellectual property: The legal field dealing with creations of the mind in many areas including inventions.
Copyright: Exclusive rights, normally given to the inventor, to produce copies and to control an original work.
Trademark: A type of intellectual property normally comprising a name, symbol or logo.
License agreement: In the field of inventions: a document of contract between a manufacturer and inventor. Normally involves terms and conditions such as payment for exclusive or non exclusive rights to the invention.
Prototype: A functional, although experimental version of a product. For more details click: invention prototype

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