• Basic Information and Overview of a Patent Document - A patent allows the creator to use his invention in any way he wants to, usually to make money. A patent expires at the end of 20 years, after which anyone is free to use that invention without licensing it from the inventor. These so called "expired" patents go into the Public Domain, and let anyone build upon the original invention. (Hits: 63 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• CRAFT SHOW ITEMS - PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS by Natalie Goyette - Considering the time, effort and cost to secure a patent, in most cases for most craft show items, a copyright will suffice. Patent fees run several hundred to several thousand dollars and you will most likely need an attorney, so this is a costly process. (Hits: 968 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• GET A NEW IDEA? LEARN THE SIMPLE STEPS ON HOW TO GET A PATENT FOR IT AND WHERE by Robert Michael - The legislation that authorizes the fees for your U.S. Patent and Trademark Office patent application is the federal 2005 Consolidated Appropriations Act. This act mandates the latest revisions (undoubtedly, this means increase) for maintenance fees, search fees, filing fees, and examination fees (Hits: 1029 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• HOW PATENT SEARCHES WORK by Barbara Davis - Any inventor should conduct a free patent search in order to determine the patentability of his or her invention. Patent searches have traditionally been limited to a search of the Patent Office's records of prior patents and publications. (Hits: 1014 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• How to Apply for a Patent and File a Patent - When applying for a patent, your invention (or invented product) has to be more than just a great idea. The USPTO only grants patents for ideas that are original and commercially beneficial to others if they use it. This includes new inventions and modifications to existing ones. (Hits: 60 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• How to Copyright and Patent Your Software by Brian Scott - To obtain a patent for your software, you must apply for a patent in each country that offers patents for software and in which you wish to have the protection a patent can offer. There is no universal legal definition of what a software patent is. (Hits: 1058 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• How to File an International Trademark Application - Once you have filed for, and received a trademark in the United States, you may use that as the basis of applying for an international trademark via the Madrid System. The Madrid System is two treaties: The Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks and the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement. (Hits: 63 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• How to Get Patent Protection for a Product Idea - So one day you design a new contraption, make a working prototype, tweak it a bit, and declare it to be the most awesome thing in existence. Now you want to patent it to protect your design so you can exploit it for monetary gain. How do you apply for a patent? (Hits: 56 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• How to Patent or Trademark a New Product - Okay. You have invented something you believe to be new, non-obvious, and useful. You want to patent it or trademark it, or copyright it, you don't know which one you need, but you know you need your item protected right now. (Hits: 65 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• How to Search for a Patent : Guidelines for Patent Searches - The USPTO maintains an extremely easy to use database of every patent ever granted. The first patent issued in the United States was granted in 1790. (Hits: 57 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• Patent Pending: What Can I Patent? - There are quite a few things in the world that cannot be patented. Copyrights protect works of an intellectual nature (books, films, music, etc...) and trademarks protect the symbols and designed used to denote and describe the origin of a product. (Hits: 55 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• Patenting - An Overview For New Inventors - A patent is used for inventions. Patents grant the inventor the right to use and disseminate their invention for a limited amount of time, usually around 20 years. At the end of the 20 years, anyone is free to use that invention without licensing it from the inventor. (Hits: 58 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• PATENTING, BRANDING, AND MARKETING by Joseph Paparella - Patenting involves securing ones intellectual property rights by obtaining a grant of a patent, thus protecting the novel features of the invention from being made, used, offered for sale, or sold by someone other than the inventor. (Hits: 1002 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, COPYRIGHTS - WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? by Terry Williamson - A patent protects inventions through federal law. Inventions are your creative ideas for new products (articles of manufacture), machines, processes, methods, compositions of matter, ornamentation on products, or new plants. An improvement on an existing product may also be patented. (Hits: 1011 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• Risks When Filing Provisional Patent Applications - When you apply for a patent, you are given the choice between a provisional patent and a non-provisional patent. A non-provisional patent is what is generally thought of when someone thinks of a patent. (Hits: 56 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

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