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Patent Pending: Everything You Need to Know "Patent pending" or "patent applied for" is a label that offers some leg...7 min read

How to Get a Patent Pending To get a patent pending you need to file a provisional patent applicatio...7 min read

Patent Pending Products Selling Dangers Knowing the patent pending products selling dangers is important as ther...14 min read

Patent Pending

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How to Get a Patent Pending To get a patent pending you need to file a provisional patent applicatio...7 min read
Patent Pending Products Selling Dangers Knowing the patent pending products selling dangers is important as ther...14 min read
How to Protect Your Patent Pending Patent pending protection lets you warn other people that the U.S. Paten...7 min read

Patent Pending Process The patent pending process means you’ve filed a patent application that’...12 min read
How Much Does a Patent Pending Cost? The patent pending cost includes a $130 filing fee for small entities, $...8 min read

How Long Does It Take To Get a Patent Pending? You get a patent pending status the moment you file a provisional patent...10 min read
How Long Does a Patent Pending Last? How long does a patent pending last? This phase of the patent process ca...8 min read
When Can You Say Patent Pending? Once you submit a patent application to the USPTO, you are "patent pendi...9 min read
What is Considered Patent Pending Infringement? Once you submit a patent application and it is pending, you can protect ...8 min read
Difference Between Patent and Patent Pending The biggest difference between patent pending status and holding a paten...14 min read

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Patent Pending "Patent pending" or "patent applied for" is a label that offers some leg...7 min read

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Patent Search: Beginner's Guide to Everything You Need to Know A patent search is often conducted by entrepreneurs and inventors soon a...11 min read
How to Patent an Idea: 5 Easy Steps to Complete Learning how to patent your ideas is an important process to make sure t...12 min read
What Does a Patent Pending Protect? "Patent pending" or "patent applied for" is a label that offers some leg...7 min read

How Long Does A Patent Last In general, a utility patent lasts 20 years from the filing date and a d...6 min read
What Are the Patent Rights for Inventors? When you invent something you can apply for a patent to protect that inv...6 min read
The 3 Main Types Of Patents The most common types of patents include design (how a product looks), u...8 min read
Copyright vs. Trademark vs. Patent vs. License Read our guide on copyrights, trademarks, patents, and licenses so that ...5 min read
Intellectual Property Protection Intellectual Property Protection. What entrepreneurs and business owners...7 min read
How to Use a Patent Assignment to Transfer Patent Ownership A patent assignment is an irrevocable agreement for a patent owner to se...6 min read
How to License Your Patent to Others Patent licensing is an agreement between a patent owner and a licensee t...7 min read
When Does a Patent Expire? Patents expire within 14-20 years from the filing date, depending on wha...8 min read
How to Determine Patentability An invention is patentable if it meets the main requirements for patenta...7 min read
Patent vs. Copyright The difference between patents and copyrights is the type of intellectua...5 min read
Patent Maintenance Fees Patent maintenance fees, also called renewal fees, are required by the U...10 min read

How to Check Your Patent Application Status Checking the patent status of your patent application to determine if it...7 min read
What Are the Patent Requirements To see if your invention or design is eligible to be patented, it must b...4 min read
Patent vs. Trademark Patents and trademarks both protect types of intellectual property. A pa...4 min read
How to Draft a Patent Patent drafting is the process of writing the patent description and cla...10 min read
Patent Strategy A patent strategy defines the overall goals for your patent portfolio. I...10 min read
How To Register A Patent Got an invention that you want to protect with a patent? Learn how to re...4 min read
Utility Patent vs. Design Patent A utility patent and design patent differ because utility patents cover ...11 min read
Patent Lawyer Cost The average patent lawyer costs around $380 per hour depending on locati...10 min read
What are the Patent Office Fees? Outlined below are the patent fees for the USPTO for different patent ta...5 min read
Provisional vs. Non Provisional Patent A provisional patent application allows you to begin securing patent rig...8 min read
Patent vs. Trade Secret Trade secrets and patents are two resources that companies have to prote...5 min read
Patent Claim Construction Patent claim construction is the creation of the part of your patent app...4 min read
How to Write a Patent Description A patent description explains the invention, design, or plant you've dev...4 min read

Definitions

America Invents Act The America Invents Act (AIA) adopts a First to File approach to the U.S...6 min read
Patent Cooperation Treaty The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) offers patent protection for inventi...7 min read
Cease and Desist A cease and desist letter does not automatically signify a lawsuit. It i...9 min read
Public Domain Public domain refers to creative materials not protected by copyright, t...17 min read
Provisional Patent A provisional patent application is a cheaper type of patent application...4 min read
Utility Patent Utility patents are the most common type of patent that is used to prote...7 min read
Prior Art Prior art is a legal concept that states that a creation, invention, or ...12 min read
Software Patent A software patent is a property right, or type of utility patent, that p...9 min read
Design Patent A design patent is a type of patent that protects the way a manufactured...7 min read
Patent Drawings Patent drawings are a set of illustrations showing the precisely detaile...7 min read
Patent Infringement Patent infringement occurs when someone makes, uses, sells, offers to se...12 min read
Patent Claims Patent claims explain the limits of what a patent covers. Patent claims ...5 min read
Plant Patent A plant patent is for newly invented strains of asexually reproduced pla...11 min read

First To File The United States switched from "first to invent" to a "first to file" r...6 min read
Notice Of Allowance Notice of Allowance is a document sent to patent applicant by the United...6 min read
Inventive Step The inventive step distinguishes if an invention is new or just an obvio...5 min read
Patent Exhaustion Patent exhaustion occurs when a patented item is legally made and sold i...7 min read
Request For Continued Examination Requests for Continued Examination asks a patent examiner to review a pa...5 min read
Patent Law Treaty The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is an international agreement used to simpli...7 min read
Claim Chart A claim chart is used to show how a product (or a service) has infringed...5 min read
Patent Misuse Patent misuse is when patent owners abuse their patent rights in a way t...5 min read
International Patent Application International patent applications are the first step in letting you get ...7 min read
Patent Novelty Novelty is one of three standards needed to be considered patentable by ...5 min read
Patent Obviousness Patent obviousness says that obvious inventions to experts or the genera...5 min read
Opposition Proceeding An opposition proceeding is used when a trademark is under attack. If an...5 min read

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