The patent prosecution process is an ex parte procedure. A device infringes on a patent if the claims of a valid patent read on that device. A procedure declared by the patent office when it appears that two or more people made the same invention at roughly the same time. It is an expensive, lengthy court-like proceeding designed to determine who was the first true inventor. Someone who has a new idea and pursues its development.
Inventors apply for patents on their inventions as a part of their developing their invention.
Many inventors are also product developers , entrepreneurs and businessmen and most inventors find it good marketing practice to sell themselves as product developers or, entrepreneurs or businessman, as the term inventor often has a negative connotation to a businessman. A method of alternative dispute resolution in which a mutually agreed on mediator works with the disputing parties to help them reach an agreement. While mediation has a high rate of success in resolving disputes, in contrast to arbitration , a mediator has no authority to force a decision on the parties. . A document issued by the Patent office that purports to give an inventor the exclusive right to make use and sell an invention as specified in the claims of that patent. A patent, which is the mature form of a patent application, consists of drawings of the invention, a specification explaining it, and claims which define the scope of exclusivity.