Patents grant to the owner the exclusive right to make, use, sell and import an invention for a limited period of time. In exchange for this monopoly, the patent applicant must supply a disclosure describing the invention that would allow a person having ordinary skill in the art to make and use the invention.
A utility patent typically consists of a written specification, one or more claims that distinctly and particularly point out what the applicant believes he or she has invented, an abstract that describes the invention in brief, and, optionally, one or more drawings that assist in the understanding of the invention.
