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Patent Barbeque Sauce
You’ve come up with a really great barbeque sauce, better than any other you have ever tasted. How can you protect your unique creation and make sure nobody copies your delicious sauce? Can you...
CHINESE TRADEMARKS
If you have your branded products manufactured in China, you may wish to register your trademark in China even if you don't sell it there.When a branded product is reviewed by Chinese Customs for...
PROVISIONAL PATENT APPLICATIONS
An inventor may wish to file a provisional application if the inventor is not ready to enter into the regular examination process, typically because of time or money constraints. A provisional...
DESIGN PATENTS
A design patent relates to a new, useful and ornamental article of manufacture. When most people think of a patent, they think of a utility patent directed to a technological invention: an article,...
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO PATENT AN INVENTION?
Patenting an invention may require a substantial investment by an inventor or small business. Horror stories abound among inventors of exorbitant legal fees and poor results. What are the...
HOW TO FIND A PATENT ATTORNEY
You’ve developed your invention and have decided it is time to patent it. Now it’s time to find a good patent attorney to prepare and file your patent application and to represent you in...
WHAT IS A PATENT? – UTILITY PATENTS
A patent is a grant by the federal government to the patent owner (the "patentee") of the right to exclude others from making, using, selling or importing the invention. When most people think of...
SHOULD I PATENT MY INVENTION?
A patent is an instrument of commerce. If patenting your invention will give you added commercial advantage that outweighs the cost of patenting, then patenting is indicated. If patenting will give...