When you’ve got an idea for a new product, you’ve got to tread carefully in the world of patent help. That’s because many companies out there are happy to take your money with the promise of doing ...

Discover what a patent agent does, the licensing process, and their role versus patent attorneys. Ideal for inventors needing ...

The key to making money from an invention is assessing your idea from a business perspective first — not after your patent issues. Is a patent only as “good” as your ability to defend it? Many people, ...

Since the U.S. patent law switched to the first-inventor-to-file system in 2013, provisional applications have become more popular as the initial step for emerging companies to protect their ...

A young inventor participating in Camp Invention, ran by the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame and United States Patent and Trademark Office. Credit: United States Patent and Trademark Office “As I ...

A patent provides you with exclusive rights to your new service invention for a limited time, usually 20 years. To qualify for a patent, your new service invention must offer a new way or process of ...

Jim Butt is the kind of guy whose mind is always active. He’s thinking, working to make an improvement. The new south Fort Myers retiree spent 50 years working for snack manufacturer Snyder’s Lance in ...

A newly granted patent unveiled an innovative energy-dissipation device designed to protect buildings, infrastructure, and ...

Patent examiners review invention applications for their use and novelty to help commercialize ideas. Masudur Rahman shares ...

As an inventor holding over 100 U.S. patents – including the Super Soaker water gun, Nerf dart guns, clean energy technologies and many more – I know firsthand the vital role that patents play in ...

Japan’s Supreme Court has ruled that only a human can be recognized as an inventor under the country’s patent law, rejecting ...