12â² X 15â² Master Bedroom Example: $3,200.00. Letâs say you want to decorate your master bedroom with a full set of moldings. Letâs also say youâre going to hire a well-qualified finish carpenter to install the moldings and a professional painter to make it all look perfect.
Such description is the quid pro quo of the patent system; the public must receive meaningful disclosure in exchange for being excluded from practicing the invention for a limited period of time. [ Update: In fact, some argue, crankishly, that disclosure is the only purpose of patent law.ut the patent âstatuteâ is not isolated. The âlawâ is what legal rules are enforced in society, and that is a result of the actions of the courts and the legislature, in our system.
In other words, the purpose of the claims is to define which subject-matter is protected by the patent (or sought to be protected by the patent application).This is termed the notice function of a patent claim--to warn others of what they must not do if they are to avoid infringement liability.nder the European Patent Convention (EPC), a claim must define the matter for which the protection is sought in terms of technical features. These technical features can be either structural (e.g. a nail, a rivet) or functional (e.g. fastening means).