In order to obtain a patent for invention from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), you must file a patent application for registration of a patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”).  Patent applications are very technical documents.  In fact, you may be surprised to hear that a patent application [...]

We often refer to a patent for computer software as a software patent, but this term is just for reference and is not really correct.  The patent law allows four types of subject matter in inventions to be registered as a patent: 1.  A process is typically a method or procedure for accomplishing some tangible [...]

After you submit your application for patent registration to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), your application will be examined by a Patent Examiner.  The Examiner must evaluate your application for patent registration on several criteria. The three primary tests that an application for patent registration must pass in order to qualify for [...]

In today’s competitive marketplace, most businesses are looking for a new product to market.  If you have a new product idea or invention and you put it on the market without protection, some other business will most likely copy it and become your competitor.  One of the only legal protections for such a new product [...]

So you have an invention and now you want to get a patent to protect it, right? You’ve looked around the retail stores in your area and you’ve searched the Internet and can’t find anyone selling something like your invention. In view of this, you’re ready to file an application to register your patent. Since [...]