Can You Get a Design and Utility Patent?
You’ve got an invention and you want to patent it, so you’re wondering what type of protection you need. We are here to help explain what types of patents the…
You’ve got an invention and you want to patent it, so you’re wondering what type of protection you need. We are here to help explain what types of patents the…
The Patent Office grants inventors a patent over new inventions, processes, and designs. We often get the question: when does a utility patent expire? We will answer this question below….
The USPTO (The United States Patent and Trademark Office) offers inventors of new machines, processes, designs, and compositions of matters a monopoly over their invention for a limited period of…
Inventors often obtain a provisional patent before applying for a (regular) nonprovisional utility patent because provisional patent applications require less work to prepare and generally cost less. So, a question…
Whether you have invented your own cosmetic or you’ve been to Sephora, you may be wondering whether cosmetics can be patented? Patents are a form of intellectual property (IP) protection…
Can Medicine Be Patented? Pharmaceutical manufacturers have successfully patented thousands of medications that are used by millions of people around the world. So, to answer the question: Can medicine be…
If you’ve just registered that awesome domain name for your website, you might be wondering whether you can protect it by patenting it with the USPTO. Patents offer inventors a…
Inventors often file a provisional patent application to obtain an early filing date but don’t spend enough time preparing and thinking about the consequences of having a weak provisional patent…
Inventors and applicants often file a provisional patent application prior to filing a regular patent application with the USPTO. Applicants often to do this because of the cost of filing…
If you’re working on your invention, you may want to file a provisional patent with the USPTO as a placeholder in time until you’re ready to file a regular, nonprovisional…