The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) introduced a new pilot program offering expedited examination for ...

Filing for a patent is like planting your flag on your idea, giving you a legal shield that prevents anyone from copying your ...

When you are moving from idea to invention to patent, regardless of how or why you find yourself stuck in the idea phase, the first order of business to get the ball rolling. You need momentum. By now ...

I’ve always found patents fascinating. Not just because they protect ideas but because they often reveal the odd, innovative, ...

A patent provides you with exclusive rights to your new service invention for a limited time, usually 20 years. To qualify for a patent, your new service invention must offer a new way or process of ...

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Last month, the Federal Circuit issued a decision confirming that a “private” sale of an invention, more than one year before the effective filing date of a patent application for that invention, ...

Many companies face an unrealized risk when approached by a customer with a problem. Companies will devote a great deal of time and money developing a solution, only to have that customer seek to ...

An appeals court will hear the first constitutional challenge of a state law designed to curb abusive practices by companies ...