New Product Idea Throughout the course of history, society has set benchmarks for bettering itself as determined by the inventions and ideas developed by people to make life easier. People have manufactured and conceptualized products over the years that have made many daily functions more time efficient as well as addressing certain needs that people …

Patent Inventions and ideas contributed by people through time help in the advancement of our society today. Due to legal ownership issues amongst these inventions, people who develop a unique idea must go through steps to ensure and protect the legitimacy and originality of their finding. Someone who develops a unique idea or invention must …

Patent Agent Innovation is the origin of entrepreneurship. For this reason alone, it is vital for inventors to protect their ideas. The only legal way to do that is to obtain a patent. A patent is a legal right given by the government to an inventor, which gives the inventor the right to exclude others …

Patent Applications It has been said, that in order for a country to succeed, it demands innovation. In fact, the mission of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is to promote innovative and technological advancement in order to strengthen the national economy. The means the USPTO uses to accomplish this is by issuing …

Patent Attorney The innovative spirit has always been the source of success and progress in any society. That is why the government has set up patent laws to protect the ideas and work of inventors. Patent laws ensure that people are free to continue to explore new methods of doing things without being vulnerable to …

Patent Design A patent design is a type of patent that is granted by the U.S. Patent and Trade Mark Office (USPTO) to those who have created a new and non-obvious decorative design for an article of manufacture. Unlike a utility patent, the most common type of patent, a patent design does not protect the …

Patent Enforcement The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is the arm of the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) responsible for granting patents and patent enforcement. Patents are issued by the USPTO to register and protect inventions and their inventors from unscrupulous copycat inventors or the theft of the original inventor’s idea or product. …

Patent Fee Patent applications are subject to a patent fee or filing fee, as well as, other patent office fees including search fees, examination fees, and issuance fees. These fees are due at the time of filing the patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Patent fees vary depending on several …

Patent Filing Receipt According to U.S. patent laws, only the original inventor of an idea or invention can apply for a patent. There are exceptions to this rule, as in the case of the death of the inventor. In this case, a legal representative may apply for the patent. If the inventor is not mentally …

Patent Idea A patent is an exclusivity right granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to an inventor, group, or entity for one of three different types new and original inventions or ideas. According to the USPTO, the three types of patentable ideas are utility patents, design patents, and plant patents. Utility …