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How to Patent an Idea in 13 Steps

Posted on June 25, 2025
"How Do I Patent an Idea?"

The real answer to this question is: you can’t.

That’s right, you can’t get a patent for an “idea” alone, not even the best idea in the world. 

My name is...

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Continuation & Divisional Patent Applications – Build a Patent Family!

Posted on June 9, 2020

Well, you see two single young patents meet up with one another, sparks fly...and before long, they get married, and have a bunch of patent children crawling around! 

... I hope you’re laughing, or at least scoffing at my cheesy...

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Everything You Need to Know About Patent Maintenance Fees

Posted on December 3, 2019

Alright! Maintenance! Right? That not-so-glamorous but oh-so-important part of patenting. This topic is kinda meant for patent owners, mainly because in order to want to click on this blog article, you would have some degree of interest in “maintenance fees” that prompted you to search for it or take interest on our...

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Patent Litigation: The Ultimate Guide

Posted on October 8, 2019

Uh oh... Litigation!? Run for the hills, right? Before you go, consider that it’s not what you might be thinking... Patent Litigation usually (and I mean 95%+ of the time) is NOT in a courtroom, but rather in an email, in a conference room, a phone meeting, or video call. The goal...

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Patent Prosecution: Everything You Need to Know: Ultimate Guide

Posted on September 25, 2019

Patent Prosecution is a fancy-sounding term that really just means the process for getting a patent. 

“Patent Protected” is what inventors seek, and with good reason. It grants exclusive rights to an inventor (or co-inventors) to make, use, sell, and import their invention for 15 or 20 years (depending...

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