# Patent Basic
**Source**: https://www.utp.edu.my/Pages/Research/TREx/Intellectual%20Property%20&%20Technology/IP/Patent.aspx
**Parent**: https://www.utp.edu.my/Pages/Research/TREx/Intellectual%20Property%20%26%20Technology/Intellectual-Property.aspx
## About IP
- [Patent](https://www.utp.edu.my/Pages/Research/TREx/Intellectual%20Property%20%26%20Technology/IP/Patent.aspx)
- [Copyright](https://www.utp.edu.my/Pages/Research/TREx/Intellectual%20Property%20%26%20Technology/IP/Copyright.aspx)
- [Trademark](https://www.utp.edu.my/Pages/Research/TREx/Intellectual%20Property%20%26%20Technology/IP/Trademark.aspx)
- [Industrial Design](https://www.utp.edu.my/Pages/Research/TREx/Intellectual%20Property%20%26%20Technology/IP/Industrial-Design.aspx)
- [Trade Secret](https://www.utp.edu.my/Pages/Research/TREx/Intellectual%20Property%20%26%20Technology/IP/Trade-Secret.aspx)
- [Geographical Indication](https://www.utp.edu.my/Pages/Research/TREx/Intellectual%20Property%20%26%20Technology/IP/Geographical-Indication.aspx)
## Intellectual Property
- [Cluster](https://www.utp.edu.my/Pages/Research/TREx/Intellectual%20Property%20%26%20Technology/IP/IP-Cluster.aspx)
- [Policy & Guidelines](https://www.utp.edu.my/Pages/Research/TREx/Intellectual%20Property%20%26%20Technology/IP/Policy-%26-Guideline.aspx)
- [Newsletter](https://www.utp.edu.my/Pages/Research/TREx/Intellectual%20Property%20%26%20Technology/IP/IP%20Newsletter.aspx)
- [FAQ](https://www.utp.edu.my/Pages/Research/TREx/Intellectual%20Property%20%26%20Technology/IP%20%26%20Technology%20FAQ.aspx)
## Intellectual Property & Technology
- [Intellectual Property](https://www.utp.edu.my/Pages/Research/TREx/Intellectual%20Property%20%26%20Technology/Intellectual-Property.aspx)
- [Exhibition](https://www.utp.edu.my/Pages/Research/TREx/Intellectual%20Property%20%26%20Technology/Innovation-Exhibition.aspx)
- [Technology](https://www.utp.edu.my/Pages/Research/TREx/Intellectual%20Property%20%26%20Technology/Innovation-Technology.aspx)
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#### DEFINITION OF PATENT
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A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem.\
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#### DEFINITION OF UTILITY INNOVATION
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A utility innovation is an exclusive right granted for a “minor” invention which does not require to satisfy the test of inventiveness as required of a patent.\
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#### PATENTABLE INVENTIONS
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- New, which means that the invention has not been publicly disclosed in any form, anywhere in the world;
- Involve an inventive step, that is to say the invention must not be obvious to someone with knowledge and experience in the technological field of the invention; and
- Industrially applicable, meaning it can be mass produced.
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#### NON-PATENTABLE INVENTIONS
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- Discoveries, scientific theories and mathematical methods;
- Plant or animal varieties or essentially biological processes for the production of plants or animals, other than man-made living micro- organisms, micro-biological processes and the products of such micro-organism processes;
- Schemes, rules or methods for doing business, performing purely mental acts or playing games;
- Methods for the treatment of human or animal body by surgery or therapy, and diagnostic methods practiced on the human or animal body.
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#### IMPORTANCE OF PATENT REGISTRATION
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- To exploit the patented invention
- To assign or transmit the patent\
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#### DURATION OF PATENT
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A patent is protected 20 years from the date of filing.\
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#### DURATION OF UTILITY INNOVATION
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A utility innovation is protected 10 + 5 + 5 years from the date of filing subject to use.
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- **Refer** [**here**](https://www.utp.edu.my/Pages/Research/TREx/Research%20Grant%20Management/Forms-&-Guidelines.aspx) **for any Forms and Guidelines.**\
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