Category: Step 3: Filing Your Patent

No secrets here. This guide will truly show you how to write a patent application and submit it to the USPTO to attain that all-important Patent Pending status everyone is so familiar with. 

 

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Are you looking to patent a new idea? Are you wondering how to protect the way it looks and prevent copycats?

Well, a design patent may just be what you’re looking for.

There is a specific process that...

It’s easy sometimes to be long-winded in the law… so, here’s the short and sweet answer:

20 Year Monopoly: A utility patent gives an inventor (or their assignees) exclusive rights to prevent anyone else from making, using, selling or importing their invention for 20 years from the earliest filing...

Ah, yes… the financial side of patenting. This may not be the most fun or glamorous, but it is central to planning your patent journey and knowing the key things to expect along the way… after all, it is part of business!

The thing about patent costs is that...

Usually as I write articles, I also learn. It’s the beauty of writing for an audience (much like teaching/presenting to a group). There’s a sense of responsibility to make sure the content is good, up-to-date and interesting.

This article undoubtedly has left me with a TON more knowledge about...

Yikes...16 Steps!?

Yes, but this blog article only has 3 of the 16.

Why?

Well, in order to file a non-provisional utility patent application you need to first file a provisional patent application.

Think of a non-provisional as the...

"Patent pending" means that there is a patent application pending approval. And… we’re done! Whew...that’s it! That’s all you need to know, right? Of course not! You’re reading a legal blog – there’s always more to learn…. Below I share with you 7 questions to ask to better...

What is the difference between a provisional and non-provisional patent application?

The short answer is: a whole lot!

Don't worry in this article I break it down for you! In addition, about halfway down this blog, I have created a...

Can you patent an app? Yes, you can patent an app! Exciting, right?

I always try to give you a little bit of a deeper answer than just yes or no.

So in this case, the answer really...

Even though this might be your initial thought, a plant patent is not a right-giving exclusive protection for an industrial manufacturing building, nor is it about protection for a secret, undercover informant. It is actually a form of legal protection for rock n’ roll-related inventions and...