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Patents provide an inventor protection against infringement of his rights over the invention as well as the process of manufacture of the product by prevention of its unlawful use for commercial purposes, with the help of legal regulations. It enables the inventor to carry out legal action against any person who is found infringing his rights in that respect.

Patents can be classified under three main heads. These categories are design patents, utility patents and plant patents.

A design patent safeguards the way the product looks and is designed. Hence, it offers a protection for the object’s form, configuration as well as its adornments. Design patents are very useful for businesses that improve upon current products and create fresh looking variants that have a commercial worth of their own in the market.

The second kind of patent is a utility patent that protects a new and useful product, composition or innovation of a current product. It essentially protects the way a product is or the way a product works. Utility patent is more common than other kinds of patents and it can either be taken separately or along with a design patent.

The third category of patent is known as the plant patent that is reserved for a distinct variety of plant which is not only unique but also is developed through an asexual production method. It protects an invention from being infringed by others by way of production or sale of some part of the plant or whole of it.

However, there is one more category of patents known as a provisional patent, which essentially means a patent that is temporarily given to you if you for some reasons are unable to file the patent application in the normal way. In these cases, you are allowed to file a more detailed patent application when you are ready to, though it does not let you to make radical changes from your claim in the provisional patent. This kind of patent is generally sought when you are getting close to the end of development of the product.

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