While patents provide great protections for inventions, there are stringent requirements in the patent process that inventors must heed to ensure that they don’t compromise their patent application. What are some of the common pitfalls that patent applicants should be aware of? Publicly disclosing an invention before filing a patent application. Both US patent [...]

If you have an invention and you want to protect it in the United States, you need to get a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). A patent is a form of intellectual property (IP) protection that grants an inventor the exclusive legal right to market, sell, manufacture, and profit from [...]