通常情況下，美國的專利是屬於公共領域。 在特殊的情況下，專利的申請者和持有人可能會在相關文件中聲明版權。在這樣的情況下，申請者需要對受到版權保護的部份做出認證，此外必須在申請案以及專利中標注以下內容（看37 聯邦規則彙編 1.71(d) & (e)、37 聯邦規則彙編 1.84(s)、專利查核程序手冊 § 608.01(e)、(w)、專利查核程序手冊 § 1512）: 揭示的這份專利文件中一部份包含受到保護（版權或光罩作品）的內容。（版權或光罩作品）持有人對於任何人對其專利文件或專利揭示的完全相同之重製沒有任何異議，就如同在美國專利與商標辦公室內的專利記錄或檔案，但是保留（版權或光罩作品）此外的其他一切權利。 原始的專利文件應在內容被釋出於公共領域前檢查是否有以上的文字聲明。 العربيَّة | English | español | 中文 | +/−

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The website of the United States Patent and Trademark Office states that "the text and drawings of a patent are typically not subject to copyright restrictions,"[5] and similar views have been published by patent attorneys.[6] As one unpublished academic working paper on the topic of copyright application to patents notes, however, there is no law exempting U.S. patents from copyright, but there is also almost no published literature or case law on the topic.[2]