For an idea to be patentable, it must be new and useful, novel, and non-obvious. An invention is not patentable if it is already in use by the public, or if it consists of abstract ideas or things that already exist in nature.

In the United States, there are three types of patents:

• Utility patents – which cover new and useful processes, machines, and matter or chemical compositions

• Design patents – which cover new and original designs of products

• Plant patents – which cover the invention and reproduction of new varieties of plants

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