16Dec
Mastering Patent Application Pitfalls: 3 Critical Tips
Avoiding Patent Application Pitfalls with Prior Art Insights
Discover 3 critical tips to master patent application pitfalls and enhance your invention’s standout features without overemphasizing prior art.Describing Prior Art
Awareness of prior art is necessary in a patent application, but the more detailed your descriptions of it are, the more likely you may be to run into trouble. Avoid describing prior art beyond the hard facts of the invention, and before you actually get into the descriptions, learn about the right way to talk discuss the prior art in your application.Comparing the Prior Art to Your Invention
New and excited inventors often...
12Dec
Inventors: What You Need To Know About Websites
Still Incredibly Important
In these days when your hours are filled with Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and other social media accounts, is a website even necessary? After all, your primary method of communicating with current and potential customers and clients has changed so much over the years; a website, no matter how dynamic, may just be obsolete. Or so you might be tempted to think. But, no, I believe there is a place for a website independent of all the social media accounts, and will be for a good while to come. Patent attorneys well know how quickly events can move, where one...
10Dec
The Sometimes-Neglected Design Patent
Choosing the Right Patent
Utility patents, ones that protect how a product functions, and the mechanical aspects of the invention, are usually a patent-seeker's first choice. These patents offer more protections, and a wider variety of ways to use the patent, so patent attorneys usually promote utility patents over design patents. However, design patents do have their place, and if this intellectual property mechanism is particularly suitable for your idea, then make sure to .Utility Patent vs Design Patent
So, what is the difference between the two? It is actually relatively simple to understand. Basically, utility patents protect how something works; design...
04Dec
Invention Talk: Patent Drawings
Patent Drawings For Key
Unless your invention is similar to a chemical compound or other, non-visual composition, you will need to do patent drawings. These drawings are not only beneficial in documenting your invention, they are a necessity in various stages of your patent application.How Many Do You Need?
At least one patent drawing, or patent illustration, as it is sometimes known, is required to be included with your patent application. Experienced patent attorneys and inventors, however, know that sometimes a single drawing is not nearly enough. In fact, many patent applications include several sheets of patent drawings, each showing a different...
25Nov
A Copyright Lasts How Long?
Let's Get This Straight
The best answer to how long a copyright lasts is usually... “it depends.” This is because more goes into determining how long a particular copyright is held, whether royalties are owed for use, whether a particular thing is in the public domain and more. There are few simple answers to the question, and even when you think you might have the answer, it's a good idea for your patent attorney or other lawyer to look further, if the matter is of importance to you. Still, there are a few guidelines that can help you determine the status of...
21Nov
5 Powerful Reasons for Hiring a Patent Attorney Today
Why Hiring a Patent Attorney is Essential for Your Search
Discover 5 powerful reasons for hiring a patent attorney, from expert searches to successful patent applications, for your invention.Let's Be Frank
This will necessarily be very general, as there is no one definition of a patent attorney, and no one determinator of what that attorney does. Some specialize in little known areas, others concentrate on various parts of the patent application process, others specialize in a certain industry or venue. There are some basic steps that almost all inventors and creators must take to receive a patent, and it's in these areas...
19Nov
Patent Process Guide: 3 Essential Steps for Success
The Basics Patent Process Guide
The end result of a successful patent application and process is a product protected by patent law—but there are a few steps to go through before getting to this point. Your patent attorney will guide you through many of the necessary steps, but there are some things you need to do before you even make that first call. All inventions start with an idea but, since ideas cannot be protected, it's necessary to move on from there to reach a patentable point. You need to take that idea and start layering on detail—materials, process, technology—everything that...
15Nov
