Scavenger Hunt
#1: Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights
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Print out this
page so you can record your answers on it and refer to it as you
search the URLs given to help you. Scavenger
Hunt #2 will let you search for inventors and inventions.
Refer to the web sites listed for
each question to find the information you need to complete this
scavenger hunt. Good Luck!
1. Receiving a patent
for your invention allows you to have the right to make, sell,
import an invention for up to ____ years.
What
is a Patent?
2. What are the 3
types of patents awarded by the U.S. Patent Office?
a. ______________ b.
______________ c. ______________
What
is a Patent?
3. What is the
difference between an utility patent and a design patent?
Explain in complete sentences.
What
is a Patent?
Give an example (name
and type of product) of something that received an utility
patent and a design patent.
Utility:
______________________________________
Design:
______________________________________
(Try using the Patent Trivia
Calendar for ideas to fill in the above.)
4. A copyright is
different from a patent because it registers things that have
been authored such as works of art, music and things which have
been written. An example of something that has a copyright is
the 1990 "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" movie. Where
would you find copyrights registered? ________________
How long does a copyright last? ___________________
What
is a Patent?
5. What do we call the
type of protection used by businesses and organizations which
protects words, names, symbols, sounds, or colors that
distinguish goods and services? Some examples of things which
received this type of protection are Campbell's soup, Listerine,
New York Rangers and VELCRO.______________
What
is a Patent?
6. About how long has
the patent process operated in the United States to protect
inventors? _____________
What
is a Patent?
http://www.uspto.gov/web/menu/intro.html
7. Where is the U.S.
Patent Office located? ______________________
What
is a Patent?
Now -See if can you
answer these about the Frick Clock.
8. What type of patent
did Fred Frick receive for his Electric Program Clock?
_________________
(Utility, Design or Patent)
9. Are Frick's patents
still protecting his invention today? ____________
(Teachers:
See the answer key in the Resource Section for ideas to extend
this activity.)
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