Are you an innovator with groundbreaking ideas but unsure about how to protect them from being copied? Look no further! In this rapidly evolving world, it has become more crucial than ever before to safeguard your inventions with a comprehensive patentability search. […]
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A patent is the legal right to control the making, using, and selling of a patented invention for a limited time. A patent is a legal monopoly (exclusive possession and control over a product or service). There are three different types of patents: utility,
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This article describes how to do a pre-patenting prior art search for an invention in order to determine if the invention is new (novel). These prior art searching basics are written by our patent and prior art searching expert a USPTO registered
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A design patent is a legal protection granted to the ornamental or aesthetic features of a product. The purpose of a design patent is to safeguard the visual appearance or look of a product, rather than its functional aspects. Design patents are
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Child inventors, in particular, are a topic of interest because they challenge the traditional notion that only adults with specialized training and experience can make significant contributions to innovation. Children are often naturally curious and creative, and they may come up with
15 Patent Dos and Don’ts by the Patent Team at Carson Patents. Best practices for inventors to protect new inventions.
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Your invention is patent pending, now what? If the application was a provisional, get busy working on the non-provisional that must be filed within one year. Provisional patent applications are only placeholders for a later filed non-provisional patent application. What happens after
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Accelerating patent applications may be desirable or helpful for many reasons. The patent application process often can take two to three years and sometimes even longer in each country where patent protection is sought. For new patent applications, there are several ways
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Patent law is implemented by individual countries or regions of the world, there is no international patent law. In other words, each country or region has its own laws about patents and only patents issued by that country or region are protected
Patents are presumed valid under the law, but there are circumstances when questioning patent validity might become important, such as during a patent dispute. If this happens, there are two formal legal procedures through the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
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