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.
Resources are available for New York residents to help inventors and entrepreneurs learn more about protecting their intellectual property. To apply for a patent, you must file an application and pay required fees.The first step in the patent process is determining whether an idea or invention is patentable. It must be new and nonobvious. The USPTO's Inventors Assistance Center is the place to start to answer preliminary questions about the patent application process. There's several key steps to get a USPTO patent in NY and protect your novel idea. The inventor can get a patent if the invention wasn't known about or used in this country before. The first step in the patent process is determining whether an idea or invention is patentable. Learn how to patent an invention with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The USPTO's Inventors Assistance Center is the place to start to answer preliminary questions about the patent application process.