According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, a patent for an invention is the grant of a property right to the inventor. A patent gives the inventor the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling his or her invention in the United States or importing the invention into the United States. According to the Patent and Trademark Office, any person who invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter may obtain a patent. The American inventor Thomas Edison filed more than 1,000 patents in his lifetime, including 141 patents for batteries and 389 for electric light and power.
- What is the difference between an invention and a discovery?
- Which state was once an independent kingdom?
- Where can you stand in four states at the same time?
- Which state has the most people?
- Which is the largest state in area, and which is the smallest?
- How can you travel across Alaska’s miles of snow?
- Why do states have names and nicknames?
- Is the District of Columbia a state?
- Why do women in some countries wear veils?
- Which states were not organized as territories first?
- How did the United States begin?
- How did we get the United States national anthem?
- What do the stars and stripes on the United States flag mean?
- Why is the bald eagle the official national symbol of the United States?
- Why is the Statue of Liberty such an important symbol of the United States?
- Why is it important to vote?
- What is a citizen?
- Why do we need to follow the law?
- What happens when a person breaks the law?
- How does a person’s clothing tell where he or she comes from?
