A patent database can contain thousands of documents related to a technology, but a long search-results list rarely tells an R&D team what to do...
A product can be patentable and still infringe someone else’s patent. That single fact explains much of the confusion around freedom to operate vs patentability...
A patent application can start as one filing and later turn out to contain more than one independently patentable invention. When the United States Patent...
The person who invents something and the person or company that owns the resulting patent are not necessarily the same. That distinction is the core...
Showing an invention at a trade show, publishing it online, demonstrating it to customers, or offering it for sale can change your patent options immediately....
A patent drawing can look perfectly understandable to an inventor and still create problems at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Patent drawing...
The top patent attorneys in the US are not necessarily the lawyers with the biggest firms, the longest client lists, or the most recognizable names....
A patent attorney and a patent agent can both prepare patent applications and represent inventors before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The...
An employee develops a new product at work, the company pays for the research, and the employee is named as the inventor. So who owns...
Receiving a patent infringement demand letter can turn an ordinary business day into a legal problem with real commercial consequences. The letter may demand that...
A patent application can be filed with the right forms and still fail to protect the part of an invention that matters commercially. That distinction...
An invention can lose value in two very different ways. You might reveal too much while pursuing a patent, or keep the invention secret only...
