East Stroudsburg Patent Attorneys & Lawyers

Updated November 24, 2020:

What Are Patents and Trademarks?

Patents, typically utility patents, and trademarks both protect types of intellectual property. A patent protects the products, while trademarks protect the brand and images of that product.

What is Trademark Protection?

A trademark is often used by a business to protect a specific word, design, or symbol that is tied to the company. Most companies trademark their brand names, products, and logos to prevent copyc

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Updated July 7, 2020:

How Much Do Inventors Make?

The question "how much do inventors make" does not have one answer. A great invention at the perfect time can earn the inventor millions, a few good inventions can keep the inventor going for years, or inventing can be a money sink that never amounts to anything. However, there are several ways to profit from an invention idea you should know about.

Invent Smarter, Not Harder

If you want to invent something because you always wanted to do so or because you're passionate about the product, that's perfectly fine. However, you shouldn't expect to get rich just from following your heart. Inventing as a hobby can be great fun, but you'll need to put in a lot more effort if you want to make a profit.

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What Are Proprietary Rights?

Proprietary rights, also known as property rights, are the theoretical or legal rights that an entity has to own property, whether tangible or intangible. Property rights are some of the most basic rights in a free society. They give individuals the right to accumulate, own, hold, delegate, rent, or sell their property. Within economics, property rights form the basis for all market exchange, and they don't always refer only to what's lawful. They might also refer to what is ethical or moral.

The definition of property is expansive. Property can include physical resources, land, non-human creatures, and intellectual property.

Who has the right to what property isn't always clear. If you own a car and the title is in your name, you have property rights to that car. Not every case of property rights i

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Updated November 4, 2020:

Provisional patent examples can be created by using a non-provisional patent application as a guide or by using one of several templates. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) does not offer formal provisional patent applications for inventors to use.

A provisional patent application is not nearly as detailed or complex as a non-provisional one. It is also not examined on its merits by the USPTO. Therefore, examples are fairly simple, and not standardized.

Provisional patent applications are also called "provisional application for patent" and "provisional patent application forms."

Parts of a Provisional Patent Application

No formal provisional patent application exists. Submissions must include the following information:

• A written description of your invention
• Drawings of what your invention looks

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How to Find a Patent: Why It Matters

Learning how to find a patent is an important step in securing your intellectual property and involves searching several patent databases.

Thousands of people create new inventions each year. Before you can sell your new product, you need to make sure it's original. This means learning whether a similar invention has already been patented. Trying to sell a product that someone else has already patented could leave you open to a lawsuit.

Patents are publicly available. Generally, patents will be published 18 months after being approved. Certain exceptions apply to this rule. Publicly publishing a patent is the price for having control of your invention.

Searching for a patent can also help you improve your own product. For example, you can make enough changes so that your product is not covered by another person's patent. If you can't find a patent during your search, you c

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