HOW IS A PATENT OBTAINED
A patent is obtained by filing a patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The patent application must include a description of the invention with such specific details that a person skilled in the art relating to the invention, would be able to make and use the invention. The detailed description must be accompanied by drawings of the invention as well as claims which define the metes and bounds of the invention. The inventor or inventors must also file an oath or declaration asserting that they are inventors of the claimed subject matter and that they believe they are the first to have invented that which is claimed. A patent application then, is not a preprinted form, but instead is a complex legal document which describes the invention in detail so that others will be able to practice the invention once the patent grant has expired.
