What Kinds of Inventions are
Eligible for Patent Protection?

     In order to be eligible for patent protection, your invention must meet the legal or statutory requirements.  These are essentially: new, unique and different, non-obvious over prior art and having utility. Your invention must meet all of these requirements in order to be eligible for patent protection.   More Details

How You can get the Most Benefit
from Your Patent Rights

     If you have a patent awarded to you for your invention, you then have the right to exclusively exploit the invention in the marketplace for typically 20 years from the date of your application for patent registration.  This means that no one else can produce or sell the invention without your permission during this period on the threat of a lawsuit for patent infringement.  More Details

How You Can Lose Your Patent Rights!

     You might well ask, how could I lose the patent rights to my invention? It is actually quite easy to lose your rights unless you are careful about the "12 Month Rule". Under federal law, on the first date that you offer your invention for sale, use it in public, or publish it publicly, that date starts the clock running on your deadline.

     The deadline is 12 months away, and if you don't file an application for registration of your patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office before the 12 months has elapsed, you lose all rights to register it in the future.  Thus, if you miss the date, you have lost any possible patent rights.   More Details

Like to see Examples of Patent Infringement?

     Whenever you talk about patent rights, the subject of patent infringement comes up.  If you ever wondered whether it is worth the cost of pursuing an application for patent registration, it is worthwhile to see how the courts have ruled on patent infringement.  More Details

Learn about Important Court Cases on Patents

     In order to win a lawsuit for patent infringement, the courts will interpret the patent laws passed by Congress to the particular situation or patent presented to them.

    These court interpretations then govern how other patent rights  are reviewed and interpreted, as well as how an application for patent registration is considered at the United States Patent and Trademark Office.  More Details

Your First Step to Protect Your
Invention  => Patent Search

     The first question inventors often ask me is: How do I get started?  Almost all of the inventors who come to me have already looked around in the marketplace and have not found their invention being practiced. Unfortunately, that's not enough.  More Details

    The Difference Between Patent Agents
and Patent Attorneys Explained!

     An application for patent registration is a technical document that must conform with federal laws and rules in order to be issued as a patent.  Can you do it yourself? 

     Possibly, there are several books on how to prepare an application for patent registration.  But that is true of any area of law.  You can either take the time and effort to master the area of law, or hire a skilled legal practitioner to do it for you.   More Details

        Nationwide Help With Patent Protection
by a Registered Patent Attorney

   This website is owned and operated by Richardson Intellectual Property Law, Professional Corporation  We provide a complete range of patent services, including: patent searches, application for patent registration, prosecution of patent applications, patent litigation for patent infringement and patent licenses.     More Details