FAQs Patent Questions

Question:The U.S.C. 2181 Excludes Patenting of inventions useful in the utilixation of nuclear material.

Answer:
The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 excludes the patenting of inventions useful solely in the utilization of special nuclear material or atomic energy in an atomic weapon 42 U.S.C. 2181.

Question:A joint owner of a patent may sell the invention for his or her own profit provided they do not infringe another’s patent rights or the joint owners have a contract

Answer:
Any joint owner of a patent, no matter how small the part interest, may make, use, offer for sale and sell and import the invention for his or her own profit provided they do not infringe another’s patent rights, without regard to the other owners, and may sell the interest or any part of it, or grant licenses to others, without regard to the other joint owner, unless the joint owners have made a contract governing their relation to each other.

Question:The official publication for patents is called the Official Gazette.

Answer:
The Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office is the official journal relating to patents and trademarks.

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