A patent protects a technical innovation, that is, a product or a process that provides a technical solution to a given technical problem. The invention for which a patent may be obtained must also be new, involve an inventive activity and be likely to have industrial application.
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A patent protects a technical innovation, that is, a product or a process that provides a technical solution to a given technical problem. The invention for which a patent may be obtained must also be new, involve an inventive activity and be likely to have industrial application. </p></div>