Assertion: patent's inventor | /r/CapableOf | obtain patent
Facets:
value: in inventions
type: OTHER
value: on the appearance of a product
type: OTHER
value: in the thirteen colonies
type: LOCATION
value: for the same invention
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: for a joint invention
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: If an inventor obtains a patent on improvements to an existing invention which is still under patent, they can only legally use the improved invention if the patent holder of the original invention gives permission, which they may refuse.
text: Joint inventors can obtain a patent for a joint invention, but none of them can obtain a valid patent as a sole inventor.
text: So even though you had filed for a patent first, another inventor could actually obtain a patent for the same invention if she demonstrated that she had invented it first.
text: To obtain a patent, inventors must file patent applications in each and every country in which they want a patent.
text: In the Thirteen Colonies, inventors could obtain patents through petition to a given colony's legislature.
text: Inventors can obtain patents and then sell them to third parties.
text: In the Thirteen Colonies, inventors could obtain patents through petition to a given colony's legislature.
text: Inventors can also obtain patents on the appearance of a product, provided that it is a new and original design.
text: Inventors can also obtain patents on the appearance of a product, provided that it is a new and original design.
text: It is commonplace for inventors to obtain patents in inventions composed largely or nearly entirely of software.