patent

From a conceptual standpoint is would seem logical to assume that writing text to describe an invention ought to to be easy for the inventor of the invention. While that probably makes sense in theory and reality it just does not play out that way. This is true not because the inventor does not know [...]

It is very important for inventors to understand that there is reluctance among some patent attorney's to take on independent investors' as clients. This is at least in parts because some independent inventors take up extraordinary amount of time and rarely convert into clients. Even if they do convert into clients many want to pay [...]

History Patent systems and other monopoly have been used throughout Europe for hundred of years. The issue was so paramount to the U.S. Founding leaders that they included its basic description in the Constitution. One of the key principles of the patent system is to serve as an incentive for innovation. The incentive is created [...]

In order for the patent application to fulfill the utility requirement, the claimed invention must be "useful" for some purpose either explicitly or implicitly. Most often the applicant will make explicit utility statement in a patent application but this is not always necessary. Utility problem usually arises in one of the two scenarios. Firstly why [...]