Patent Application
How To File A Patent Application
Haven't you ever wondered why a light bulb appears over a cartoon's head when they get an idea? Well it's no coincidence that an idea and a light bulb are so closely related: the inventor of the light bulb, Thomas Edison, is probably one of the most famous idea makers in history. Well, he inspired a wave of invention that's just getting bigger today. When an invention is made, though, there are many opportunities for the public to try to reproduce it and earn money by selling it. If you're the inventor of a product, chances are, you don't want that to happen. That's why getting a patent is useful to the inventor. A patent will consider an invention to be the sole intellectual property of the inventor or anyone who may have purchased the idea from the inventor.
Patents are filed through a government organization called the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The USPTO has developed many rules and regulations to determine if an invention qualifies for a patent. They require that a formal application is filed before a patent is considered for an invention. Unlike other government applications that may be familiar to the average American, this is no simple one-word-answer-oriented application. The application will ask the inventor to describe the application using the codes and regulations found in a number of documents, including the US Patent Classification System, the Manual of Patent Examining Procedures, the United States Code (title 35), and Rules of Practice in Patent Cases (37CFR). The USPTO offers guides for filling out a Patent Application and offers some limited live help. The application will require a number of things, the most important of which are listed. First of all, it will ask for the background of the invention, particularly how and why it was generated. The purpose of the invention is important to list in this section. It will require you to elaborate how exactly the product works in a summary and a detailed description of the invention. The description must be concise and accurate and include instructions about how an average human not familiar with the invention characteristics would go about developing one of their own. The claims part of the application will be where you describe what exactly you want the patent to protect. The rules and regulations of the USPTO are to be used very carefully here, because any lawsuits related to your invention will revolve around the protections you describe here. Finally, if you are inventing a device, you'll need to include drawings of the device. The drawings must be completed in india ink and must show every feature of the invention. The above requirements are for a utility patent, which is what most inventions are. If you're not creating a non-live physical entity, you will fill out an application for a utility patent. There are two other types of patents: a design patent and a plant patent. A design patent, which is granted to creative changes to an already existing object, requires a much more visual-oriented application. Rules require there to be drawings of the decorative changes made to the object and possibly photographs. Similar to the utility Patent Application, a claim must be made on the invention. Keep in mind that in this case, only one claim is allowed. A plant patent is given to plants or seedlings that have either been discovered by an individual or genetically engineered. The application, in this case, is much more similar to the utility Patent Application. The background and description of the plant are described similar to the way a utility invention is, except biological terminology must be used. In addition, the inventor must be able to argue that the plant is stable and safe to propagate. Drawings of the plant can be included, but there is no need to illustrate the plant's use. The application must be turned into the USPTO in full with an application fee which varies based on the nature of the application. The USPTO website contains up-to-date fee schedules for inventors to review. Due to the complicated nature of the application, many people choose to have a patent attorney examine their application and suggest alterations. In any case, without a good patent application, you may not get a patent that recognizes your hard work. By Dani Steven -
I have an idea for a new CPU cooler... how do I license it?
Hello,
I have a new heatsink solution for cooling processors. How would I license the idea? File a provisional patent application? Then what?
I tried to find information online, but not much comes up when it comes to licensing or producing this type of hardware. Ideally, I would want to form a company and try to market it myself, but money is tight and I wouldn't know where to begin anyway.
I'm really lost when it comes to all of this. Thanks for your help.
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If I submit a patent application?
If I submit a patent application and retrieve a "patent pending status" for my products will I be covered from copycats as long as my patent request goes through? I know copycats can copy and still make money but I'm wondering if they can jump ahead of my patent and submit thier own patent for a product I created.
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submitting your invention to companies!?
hello.
This invention is not patented and i have not filed for any application yet. What I want to do is this:
1. File a PROVISIONAL patent application;
2. Contact a manufacturing/selling company and ask them to sign a NON DISCLOSURE, NON COMPETE, CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT.
3. Then do business.
Question: What happens is the company I intend to contact says NO to me after evaluating my invention, and my one year protection provided by the Provisional Patent Application expires?
Invention is free to be copied or manufactured by anybody?
Thanks
Thank you for answers. But consider this: If I will contact companies, that means that I will disclose information to those companies. So that means.. "I told somebody something about it". Will the 3 signed papers (non disclosure, non compete, confidentiality) protect my invention after my Provisional Patent Application will expire (after 1 or even 2 years PPA protection)? Because obviously a number of companies will know about my invention. That's the question I'm asking!
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