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Scavenger Hunts
Scavenger Hunt #1: Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights
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.
2. What are the 3 types of patents awarded by the U.S. Patent Office?
a. ______________ b. ______________ c. ______________
3. What is the difference between an utility patent and a design patent? Explain in complete sentences.
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? ___________________
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.______________
6. About how long has the patent process operated in the United States to protect inventors? _____________
http://www.uspto.gov/web/menu/intro.html
7. Where is the U.S. Patent Office located? ______________________
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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