PATENTABILITY

REQUIREMENTS
INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE CIUDAD JUAREZ
OSCAR SALDIVAR
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the patent rights attributes to the owner to prohibit and
exclude acts of other people on their invention, in order to
acquire these rights these requirements must be met
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• First requirement: that it is an invention

It has as its main requirement, it must be an invention, it is the

very object on which the patent right rests.
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Second requirement: that it is a novelty

The patent itself is only justified when a new contribution is

made to the technological and knowledge heritage.

it presence is undoubtedly essential.

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Third requirement: inventive step

It is required, also as a positive requirement, that there has been

a certain inventive step aimed at obtaining the technical rule.
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Fourth requirement: industrial applicability

An invention is considered to be capable of industrial application

when its object can be manufactured or used in any kind of
industry, including agriculture

• Industrial application refers to the utility in the sense of

"practicality" and "applicability" of the invention