Why Should I Obtain A Patent?
- 20 Years of Market Exclusivity
- Monetize through Enforcement, Licensing or Sale
- Dent the Universe: Contribute to Mankind’s Knowledge
A patent for an invention is the grant of a property right to the inventor, issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Generally, the term of a new patent is 20 years from the date on which the patent application was filed in the United States or, in special cases, from the date an earlier related application was filed, subject to the payment of maintenance fees. United States patent grants are effective only within the U.S., U.S. territories, and U.S. possessions. Under certain circumstances, patent term extensions or adjustments may be available.The right conferred by the patent grant is, in the language of the statute and of the grant itself, “the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling” the invention in the United States or “importing” the invention into the United States. What is granted is not the right to make, use, offer for sale, sell, or import; but the grant confers the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, selling, or importing the invention. Once a patent is issued, the patentee must enforce the patent without aid of the USPTO.
Patent Eligibility Opinion & IP Assessment
Patent Eligibility Opinion & IP Assessment
Patentability Search & Legal Opinion
Patentability Search & Legal Opinion
Provisional Patent Application
Provisional Patent Application
Non-Provisional (Utility) Patent Application
Non-Provisional (Utility) Patent Application
Design Patent Applications
Design Patent Applications
Patent Infringement & Validity Opinions
Patent Infringement & Validity Opinions
Three Types Of Pattens:
Utility Patents
Design Patents
Plant Patents
Patent Search Options
No Search | Pro Se Search (Doing it by themselves) | Patent Attorney Search | |
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Does Your Invention have the Requirements for Patenting? (Eligibility, Novelty, Nonobviousness, Utility) | Unknown: There has been no search performed at all | Unclear: The results are only partial and not thorough | Confirmed: Complete, world-wide search including non-patent literature |
Strength of Your Patent Application? | Weakest: Surface level, no reference points, does not cover areas of novelty in detail | Weaker: Lacking in detail, reference guessing, surface level | Strong Patent Application: all reference points and differentiators with clear direction |
Your Time? | Very High Risk to missing obvious prior art | Your time spent searching instead of building a business or planning; high Risk to missing prior art | Time spent building your business, learning about competitors and adapting; Very Low risk to Missing prior art |
Your Money? | Waste of money spent on patent application and fees | Waste of money spent on patent application and fees | Money well invested in doing the right thing |
Legal Analysis? | None | None | Includes Legal Analysis |
Legal Opinion? | None | None | Includes Legal Opinion |
Consulting/Advising? | None | None | Full access to Patent Attorney who will be Dedicated to your case |
Other Patent Services Offered by Bold Patents
Post-Grant Actions
- Patentability Search & Opinion
- What Is the Patent Search Process?
- Eligibility: Does My Invention Even Qualify?
- Timeline and Expectations for Patentability Analysis
- Invention Harvesting
- Landscape Report & Analysis
- Evidence of Use Charts & Analysis
Pre-Filing for Patenting Process
Prepared to start the patenting process? Bold Patents offers a number of services that will fit all of your patent needs! See the list below for our full list of patent prosecution service offerings.
- Patentability Search & Opinion
- For a client that wants to know what patents or publications (known as prior art) are already out in the public. This helps answer the basic question of novelty: “Is my invention or improvement really new?”
- What Is the Patent Search Process?
- Bold Patents works with your businesses to gain an understanding of the strategic business goals and prepares an in depth market-centric analysis of your current patents and pending applications to identify which patents and publications should be maintained, reworked or abandoned. Further, the analysis will identify opportunities for innovation and areas which represent a gap in technology that is necessary to achieve the short or long term business goals.
- Eligibility: Does My Invention Even Qualify?
- Timeline and Expectations for Patentability Analysis
- Portfolio Analysis
- Bold Patents works with your businesses to gain an understanding of the strategic business goals and prepares an in depth market-centric analysis of your current patents and pending applications to identify which patents and publications should be maintained, reworked or abandoned. Further, the analysis will identify opportunities for innovation and areas which represent a gap in technology that is necessary to achieve the short or long term business goals.
- Invention Harvesting
- Our team will come on-site to your business where your research and development team works to do a 1, 2 or 3 day “invention harvesting” workshop. The workshop begins by developing a set of “technology gaps” between the present day and where the company is going 3-5 years down the road. Making Bold Leaps to close the technology gaps will be accomplished through either invention or protection via trade secrets.
- Landscape Report & Analysis
- The objective of a Landscape study in a particular technology domain/market area is to provide analysis of existing knowledge on that specific technology and to indicate empty spaces (where there is either an unmet need or a unsolved problem).
- Evidence of Use Charts & Analysis
- Evidence of Use (EoU) helps patent owners identify potentially infringing products in the marketplace. Our EoU charts patent claim elements to specific features of identified products and services, and provides an indication of the strength of patent infringement assertion.