This Handbook provides an overview of federal patent and trademark law. Information discussed includes types of patents and trademarks, duration of registration, requirements for obtaining, a guide to the application process, protecting your patent or trademark, and much more in 18 pages of materials.
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The Poor Man's Patent Is Obsolete Being the first to invent will no longer save you is someone else filed first. So even if you did write out the idea for your invention and mailed it to yourself, that date would not matter.
Countless inventors have successfully navigated the patent system on their own. In fact, federal law requires patent examiners at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to help individual inventors who apply for patents without a lawyer's help.
A utility patent covers the useful, utilitarian features of an invention (i.e., how/why the invention operates to achieve the desired result). For example, a running shoe may be provided with an outer sole having an inventive material that changes friction depending on an amount and direction of force that is applied.
If easy means getting a patent without any rejections, then only 11% of utility nonprovisional patent applications get allowed without any rejections ing to this Yale statistical study. So getting a utility patent will not be easy in most cases.
provisional utility patent application must include a specification, including a description and a claim or claims; drawings, when necessary; an oath or declaration; and the prescribed filing, search, and examination fees. The title should be short and specific in describing the invention.
A nonprovisional utility patent application must include a specification, including a description and a claim or claims; drawings, when necessary; an oath or declaration; and the prescribed filing, search, and examination fees. Patent Center accepts electronic documents formatted in DOCX.
The five primary requirements for patentability are: (1) patentable subject matter; (2) utility; (3) novelty; (4) non-obviousness; and (5) enablement. Like trademarks, patents are territorial, meaning they are enforceable in a specific geographic area.
Is a different use for an existing product patentable? Technically, it is possible to patent a new use of an existing product.
Here are seven key considerations to keep in mind when preparing your patent application: Clarity and precision in description. Avoid overly broad claims. Anticipate future modifications. Consider international protection. Work with professionals. Disclose all relevant information. Understand the importance of timing.
In general, patent law only allows for the protection of new, useful, and non-obvious inventions. Thus, if your new use for an existing product is not novel or obvious, it may not be eligible for patent protection.