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PatentsA patent is an exclusive right to a technical invention. The invention may concern a product, an apparatus, a method or any new and useful improvement thereof. It is important to remember that an invention is not protected until a patent application has been filed. Term In Denmark and in most other countries the term of a patent is 20 years from the filing date. To keep your patent in force, you must renew it every year on the last day of the month in which the application was filed. Patentability In order to obtain a patent, the invention must be new and differ essentially from prior art. Prior art may be defined as all information that has been made available to the public in any form before the filing date. Thus, in order to meet the novelty requirement it is essential that the invention has not been made available to the public before the filing date (e.g. mentioned in brochures or leaflets, in connection with sale or presented at fairs or exhibitions, etc.). 
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