http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/howtopat.htm
A U.S. patent for an invention is the grant of a property right to the inventor(s), issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The right conferred by the patent grant is, in the language of the statute and of the grant itself, \"the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling\" the invention in the United States or \"importing\" the invention into the United States. To get a U.S. patent, an application must be filed in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
一件美国发明专利是由美国专利与商标办公室赋予发明者的财产权。专利授于的权利用法律语言表述就是在美国领域内“排除他人制造，使用，贩卖或销售“该发明，或者将该发明进口到美国。要得到一个美国专利，申请人必须向USPTO按以下分类：
File a Utility Patent Application
实用专利申请
Utility patents may be granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, article of manufacture, or compositions of matters, or any new useful improvement thereof.
实用专利可以颁发给符合如下条件的所有人：发明或者发现任何新的，有用的过程，设备，制造工艺，物质组成，以及任何有用的相关发明。
File a Design Patent Application
设计专利申请
Design patents may be granted to anyone who invents a new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture.
可以授于任何发明了新的，从来没有过的，以及制造业的装饰设计
File a Plant Patent Application
植物专利申请
Plant patents may be granted to anyone who invents or discovers and asexually reproduces any distinct and new variety of plant.
任何人发明或者发现并且无性繁殖出任何独特并且是新种类的植物均可被授于
File a patent application electronically
专利申请电子化
Use EFS-Web, the USPTO\'s electronic filing system for patent applications, to submit Utility patent applications, Provisional applications, electronic information disclosure statements (eIDS), computer listings, biosequence listings, International Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications , Design applications with color drawings, 371 National Stage applications, and Pre-Grant publicationsto the USPTO via the Internet.
使用EFS-WEB（USPTO的电子文档系统）来进行专利申请，通过互联网提交实用专利申请，临时申请，电子信息公开声明（eIDS），计算机列表，生物序列列表，国际专利申请，彩绘设计申请，371个国家阶段申请，以及USPTO预授权出版物
NOTE: At this time, EFS-Web does not accept:
Credit Card Authorization Form - PTO-2038;
Maintenance Fees;
New Plant Applications or Color Plant Drawings;
Documents related to Registration Practice & Disciplinary Proceeding;
Certified Copies (Ribbon Copies);
Reexamination and Reissue (this includes new and follow-on papers);
Secrecy Order Applications and/or Documents;
Contested Cases at the Board of Appeal and Interferences;
Third party papers under 37 CFR 1.99;
Protests under 37 CFR 1.291;
Public use hearing papers under 37 CFR 1.292
For more general information about patents and the operations of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, see General Information Concerning Patents
注意：以下现在尚不接受：
信用卡受权申请表PTO2038
维护费
新植物申请或植物着色设计
相关专利登记实践与实战指南的文档
被鉴定的复印件
复审与重新发行（包括新的及后续文件）
保密申请及文档
上诉与冲突的抗辩材料
第三方文档 37 CFR 1.99
抗诉 CFR 1.291
公开的视听材料 37 CFR1.292
欲知道USPTO关于专利与运营方面的更详细信息，请参见《关于专利的详细信息》
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