ABSTRACT
Patents are the strongest intellectual property right. They are a bargain forged between an inventor and the public, through the agency of the State. Patentees are given an absolute right to use, make and exploit their invention for 20 years, in return for having disclosed and described it in clear terms. This disclosure is published even before the patent is granted and can be used to make further developments from the invention disclosed. Even people who conceive the same invention independently, later, are constrained during the life of the patent.
