The patent is an exclusive right accorded by society to an inventor who in exchange of it has to permit the publication of his or her invention. A patent may be granted for an industrially applicable invention which is novel and differs essentially from the ones that have become known previously.

The patent system is an information dissemination system; it exists for the purpose of promoting the technological progress, the prosperity of the nation. The essential thing in the pursuit of this goal is the new technical information disclosed in patent publications.

These publications have already grown into a multimillion-document storehouse of information. The storehouse gives a picture of what is going on in research and development worldwide – a picture of the results achieved, products developed, production methods used and the markets outlined for them.

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