Patent law is the section of intellectual property law that addresses new innovations. Circuit boards, automobile engines, heating coils, and zippers are a few examples of tangible scientific inventions that are protected by traditional patents. But throughout time, a wider range of ideas, including business tactics, genetically modified creatures, and coding techniques, have been covered by patents.

In the United States, copyright and patent rules have been established to enable innovators, creators, and scientists to develop the work of others, provided their invention satisfies specific criteria. It’s not always simple to fulfil these standards, though, and many people find it beneficial to use the present system in illegal ways.