patent text

[asker]

Hi,

I've a Q: Is the text of a patent grant/application
(not the subject) copyrighted ?

thanks

 

[divgradcurl]

I've a Q: Is the text of a patent grant/application

From the USPTO website:

"Patents are published into the public domain as part of the terms of granting the patent to the inventor. As such, they are not subject to copyright restrictions. The inventors' right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention throughout the United States or importing the invention into the United States for a limited time is not compromised by the publication of the description of the invention. In other words, the fact that a patent's description is in the public domain does not give you permission to manufacture or use the invention without permission from the inventor during the active life of the patent."

http://www.uspto.gov/main/ccpubguide.htm