An inventor may wish to file a provisional patent application if the inventor is not ready to enter into the regular examination process, typically because of time or money constraints. A...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...