Patent Law

The process of applying for a patent can be exciting but is filled with potential pitfalls that can derail your best-laid plans. By avoiding a few common mistakes, you can give yourself and your invention the best possible chance to succeed. Missteps in the process of...

by Saile Ackerman LLC | Jun 8, 2021 | Patent Law Getting protection through an issued patent can be an important milestone for any business, but that doesn’t mean the patent is invincible. The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) can give patents, and with proper...

by Saile Ackerman LLC | May 12, 2021 | Patent Law Patents have long offered protections for inventors and innovators in the US. That long tradition has reached another large milestone, a mark that reveals how rapidly patent filings are growing. The U.S. Patent and...

Unique challenges come with shifting to remote work, and a newly published patent from Microsoft could be the next step in understanding what makes workers tick. The company’s design collects data from every corner of a user’s working world to better predict and...

Patents can be a very profitable revenue source, allowing a company to benefit from a long-term investment in research and development. Huawei announced recently it will charge up to $2.50 in royalties for each smartphone using network patents that it controls.  While...

Advancements in technology as described in a patent application is done partly through patent drawings, one piece of fruit at a time. Sony Interactive Entertainment, Inc. is seeking a patent on using a camera to read position and motion to turn everyday objects into...

An important part of applying for a patent is finding if the device or process is already in existence or had been previously described. A Texas jury decided that Intel Corporation owes VLSI Technology, Inc. a little over $2 billion for patent infringement. While...

While an application needs grounding in reality, the ideas behind them can be unproven. As some high-profile patents from the government show, just because an innovation is currently fiction doesn’t disqualify potential applications. The U.S. Navy has a slew of...

You don’t have to reinvent the wheel for every patent. Improvement could be more than enough to keep the flow of applications going. And Apple is looking to do just that with a new patent that addresses the frailty of their charging cable. Their idea for cords with...

A special patent is not a distinction of worth. Rather, it’s a signal that certain circumstances may exist for the investors, allowing the patent to gain examination before others that are pending. It takes the average patent application a little over 15 months before...