This guide to filing a utility patent application for a non-provisional utility patent is presented in sequential order. Nonprovisional Utility Patent Application Requirements A nonprovisional utility patent application must include a specification, including a claim or claims; drawings,... Read More

USA Patent Office is tasked with issuing patents to inventors. Patents give them the right to exclude others from making, using, selling or offering for sale the patented invention in the United States. In exchange for this grant, the inventors must disclose their invention to the... Read More

Acquiring US patents give an inventor exclusive rights on the invention. Others could not make, use, import, sell or offer to sell the invention without the inventor’s permission. US patents can be obtained on “inventions”. Inventions include any new and useful machine,... Read More

A US patent gives an inventor the right to exclude all others from making, using, importing, selling or offering to sell the invention for up to 20 years without the inventor’s permission. This gives the inventor the opportunity to produce and market the invention himself, or... Read More

A patent for an invention is the grant of a property right to the inventor, issued by the US Patent Service. The term of a new patent is either 14 or 20 years from the date on which the application for the patent was filed in the United States or, in special cases, from the date an... Read More

US Patent Search refers to the search conducted to determine if the proposed invention meets the statutory conditions of patentability. The US Patent Search has traditionally been limited to the US Patent Search Office database records of prior patents and publications. With the advent... Read More

In the US Patent office, after the patent application has been filed with the US Patent office, a patent examiner carefully reviews the application in order to determine the invention’s patentability. The examination process usually takes 12 to 18 months. This is so because... Read More

The U.S. Patent Office carefully reviews the patent application in order to determine the invention’s patentability. Upon submission of a patent application to the U.S. Patent Office an Examiner reviews the application and prepares an opinion as to whether the application complies... Read More

The U.S. Patent office is tasked with carefully reviewing patent application in order to determine the invention’s patentability. The examination process usually takes 12 to 18 months. The U.S. Patent Office will not tell you if your invention has already been invented by someone... Read More

US Patent numbers were issued since 1836. The very first issued was simply the number 1. In some European countries particularly in England and Italy, patents have been granted since the 1600s. The United States began granting patents in 1790. The first Patent Act came out and was... Read More