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It's important to go into the patenting process with appropriate expectations. Whether you have an idea for a new consumer product, or want to accelerate growth at your tech startup by improving on current technology, patents serve a range of purposes. Patents help...
Creating a new process or product that helps others accomplish a task in a new way is an exciting endeavor. If your invention proves successful, you can obtain significant advantages by obtaining a patent for it. Before you file for patent protection you'll want to...
You have a new idea / invention that you want to bring to market. You believe your invention will change the world, aid others in some way or perhaps simply provide entertainment and pleasure. It's likely you want to protect it. If you're able to obtain a patent, you...
The primary stages of the patent application process include: Patent search and application preparation Working with the patent office via a patent examiner Patent maintenance, if a patent is approved, requiring renewal fees At the beginning of the patent process, you...
As an entrepreneur, intellectual property of some kind, and protecting it, is likely a critical aspect of your business plan. Whether it's a trademark that builds your brand, copyrights that protect your creative works, or a patent for your invention, you have to...
If you have a new product or service and would like to establish a brand name, then it may make sense to try to establish protection for your brand name, by filing for federal trademark registration. A trademark defined A trademark is a word, phrase, sound, symbol,...
If you have an idea which you think is patentable, you may decide you want to move forward and try to obtain patent protection. Before you can proceed with protecting your invention, however, it's important that you understand what is known as "prior art." That term...
If you have a new idea or invention, it can be important to get an application filed as soon as possible, since others may independently come up with the same idea, and file for patent protection first. However, many first-time inventors have limited funds for patent...
When applicants are trying to patent their invention they often get the feeling that their patent examiner is an adversary. While it can seem like a patent examiner is pitted against you, he or she functions primarily as a gatekeeper. A patent examiner simply has a...
For innovators and inventors, it begins with the realization that there is a better way. In some cases, it begins with the stubborn proclamation, "I'm going to find a better way." No matter how it starts, the better way can lead to something new--something that...
