How To Get A Patent

An inventor may have an idea, but the process of getting the idea patented takes quite a bit of work. He or she must determine if the idea has been thought of already, must produce a convincing argument that it’s an original creation and must be ready to classify the invention based on US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) regulations. An inventor may be turned off to the idea of getting a patent for this reason. Nevertheless, going through with developing the invention and marketing it could lead to others reproducing the idea and the original inventor losing revenue.   A...

How many times have you actually paid attention to all the things that surround you? Take your eyes away from the computer for a moment and take a good look at all the items that you can see from your chair. You’ll see a computer mouse. You’ll see a lamp, containing a light bulb. You’ll see a plastic bottle with a cap that contains a label and some soda. All of the things around you are monumentally more complicated than they appear. The objects did not appear out of thin air. A person or team of people had to think...