What is a process patent?
The U.S. patent office awards a process patent for innovations in the production of goods. Developers of any new or improved method for processing products should file for this patent to protect their intellectual rights.Utility PatentPatent.info identifies the process patent as a subcategory of the utility patent, a category that also includes manufacturing and composition patents. The site explains that the process subcategory applies to “new industrial or technical processes or methods.”Process Patent Amendment ActThe Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 established the Process Patent Amendment Act under Title 9 to specify processes as being protected by the patent laws first established by the U.S.
