Q: Iam from India. Can I use a tech patented in US?
Can I use Klaus S Lackner's CO2 removal tech for college research purpose and further commercialization?
A:
A United States patent gives the owner the right to prohibit use of the patented technology within the US. That includes making, using, selling, or offering to sell. So a US patent prohibits someone from making something in Canada and selling it in the US or making it in the US and selling it in Canada.
If you are going to make use of this technology in India, then a US patent is irrelevant unless you plan to export to the US. There may be a parallel patent in India as there are processes to seek patent protection in lots of countries. Not every US patent has an analogous patent in India so you will need to have someone check to see if there is a similar patent there.
You can check https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/search.jsf to see if there is a listed Indian patent in the same patent family as the US patent you have found but you may want to do additional searching in India based upon the inventor names, assignee name, and the patent title.
I hope that this helps.
Kevin E Flynn
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