Greg also holds 21 design and utility patents.

In the USA, the fine for violating a utility patent is $10,000.

And the report would not be complete without the agency's annual list of companies winning the most utility patents.

Steve Jobs alone was a named inventor on over 300 design and utility patents.

The list covers so-called utility patents, which are those awarded for a mechanical, electrical or chemical invention.

No matter, the important part is that the grid of icons is not a utility patent.

However, genetically engineered plants fall under the umbrella of utility patents.

He has multiple design and utility patents to his name, as well as a number of successful businesses.

Thousands of plants and seeds have since won utility patents.

Here is the process for obtaining a utility patent.