Intellectual Property Strategy
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The innovation process is complex, iterative, and often undefined. This makes it hard to know when you’re ready to file for initial patent protection. Here are a few tips to think about what stage you should file.
Continue reading “When Am I Ready to File a Patent?”
You’ve got some innovative ideas, a technology team, or just an inventive approach to life. Now you want to know how to start the patent process. This Quick Start Guide will get you pointed in the right direction.
WHAT TYPE OF PATENT? UTILITY, DESIGN, OR PLANT
Continue reading “Ready for Patents? Here’s your Quick Start Guide”[This post was originally published August 10, 2018, on LinkedIn by Jeff Holman.]
Congratulations!
Your provisional patent application is filed. You now have “Patent Pending” status.
Now what?
Continue reading “Next Steps: Provisional Patent Application”[This post was originally published May8, 2018, on LinkedIn by Jeff Holman.]
Ironically, the tasks of preparing and filing a patent application might be less stressful than actually making the decision to file. Very often, inventors file a provisional patent application, get “patent pending” status for 12 months, and then stress over whether to file a non-provisional patent application before the provisional patent application expires. Here are 10 criteria to help make that decision easier.
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