FAQ

INCREASING THE POTENTIAL PATENTABILITY OF A COMPUTERIZED METHOD OF ANALYZING DATA

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

CAN YOU PATENT YOUR NEW SOCIAL NETWORK?

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...

A NON-OBVIOUS IMPROVEMENT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH FOR PATENTABILITY

A basic tenet of patent law has been that an invention must be new and non-obvious for it to be patentable. "New" means that the...

IS FILING A PROVISIONAL PATENT BETTER OR WORSE THAN FILING A NON-PROVISIONAL (FULL) PATENT?

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

DO I NEED A PATENT?

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

DOES YOUR PATENT ENABLE ANOTHER TO MAKE AND USE YOUR INVENTION?

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...

CAN YOU APPLY FOR A DESIGN PATENT AFTER GETTING A UTILITY PATENT?

QUESTION: Can you apply for a design patent for a product after the utility patent expires on lifetime term? Was wondering if a design...