Obtaining patent protection for using a computer to gather and analyze data continues to be a challenge - but not impossible. A recent...

Yes, but it remains challenging. The patent laws provide that any new and useful process can be patented. However, laws of nature,...

The USPTO recently criticized the manner in which the number of patent and trademark filings in China is influenced by the Chinese...

New social networks continue to be created each day. But can you protect your new social network with a patent and prevent it from being...

There can be multiple inventors on a patent. But who owns the patent can be difficult to answer in the absence of an agreement.

Who is listed as an inventor on your patent can affect its validity. An incorrectly named inventor may make your patent invalid.

A broadly written patent application can give the patent owner broad patent protection.

A challenge that most patent applicants face is whether their invention is obvious or non-obvious.

In the past several years, it has no doubt become challenging to patent software inventions. However, it is still possible to obtain patents

The Federal Circuit explained that "'as a general rule preamble language is not treated as limiting.'"

A provisional patent application is not necessarily better or worse than a non-provisional (utility) patent application in all situations.

The terms "patent search" and "prior art search" are often used interchangeably.

Yes, if you want to protect he unique way your product looks or the unique way your product (or service) functions.

It must, in order to satisfy the patent laws that require that the patent specification teach those in the art how to “make and use the...

A distinction needs to be made between quickly obtaining an issued patent versus quickly filing a patent application. The kind of...

QUESTION: I have made a prototype and ready to sell my product. I already have some buyers who want my product. Do I have to get a patent...

QUESTION: If a patent is no longer active due to failure to pay maintenance fees in 2011, may another person re-file as their own? Want...