Utility Patents
What is a Patent Office Action?
The USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) issues many different types of official letters regarding an applicant’s patent application. An office action is one of the official letters sent by the patent office, so understanding what a patent office action is very important because…
Utility Patent vs Design Patent
If you’re an inventor and you have an invention or design that you want to protect you might be wondering what the difference is between a utility patent and a design patent. Utility patents and design patents protect different types of intellectual property. Determining whether…
Patent vs Copyright
Patents and copyrights are both different types of intellectual property (IP). Please often use the words incorrectly, knowing the difference between the two is important if you’re looking to protect your IP. After reading through this article, you will better understand the difference between a…
How to Patent an Idea
If you’ve invented something new that will be very profitable once produced and sold, you may be wondering how to protect it from being copied by others. If that’s you, you’ve come to right the spot. U.S Patent law offers inventors patents, which are intellectual…
Provisional Patent Cost (Everything You Need to Know)
If you want to protect your invention and attain patent pending status, a provisional patent is the way to go. The USPTO sets the costs for filing your provisional patent. The cost of a provisional patents depends on a few factors that we will discuss…
What is a Provisional Patent
If you’ve spent the past few months working on your invention, you’re probably wondering how to protect your invention? You’ve probably heard that you should get a provisional patent. We are here to tell you that the patent office does not offer provisional patents, it…
Why Do People Get Patents?
Patents are a type of intellectual property rights that grant inventors a monopoly over their invention for a limited period of time (usually 20 years). Once an inventor patents their invention, they can restrict others from making, using, selling, or importing their invention without their…
How to Buy Expired Patents
Patents are a form of intellectual property that allows an inventor to exclusively use the item they’ve patented. Patents in the US are granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) after submitting your completed patent application. Once the patent examiner reviews and…
How Long Does it Take to Get a Patent Pending
If you’re in the process of working on an invention, it’s probably crossed your mind that you want to label your invention as patent pending while you finish working or while you apply for your patent. To get patent pending status all you have to…
How Long Does it Take to Get a Patent
If you’ve invented something new, you’re probably wondering how long it’s going to take to patent your invention. The amount of time that it takes to get your patent from the USPTO depends on a variety of factors that we will discuss in this article….
