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People ask this a lot: “What website do I go to to patent an idea?”

Short answer? You can’t patent an idea.

That’s not me being harsh. That’s just how patents work.

You patent an invention, not a loose thought. I talk...

This comes up a lot. And it’s a fair concern.

If you file a U.S. trademark under your personal name, here’s how it works.

There are two addresses involved:

Domicile address Mailing address

Hi there. You’re starting an education company and want to protect the name you’ve used for about nine years. You also found another company with a similar name on the trademark search. They seem to sell custom products, not education services. Now you’re wondering if your work is different enough to...

You have a new real estate method, plus software that supports it. You want to know if it’s patentable and if it’s worth the cost. That’s a normal question, and the answer is: yes, it might be, but it depends on a few core factors.

Business methods can be...

It sounds like you’re looking at two patents:
one old and expired, and one that came later.

The first one was broad. It covered using a long pulse and a short pulse to make a device do something. No timing details. No numbers. Just the idea.

The...