The Patent Process, Start to Finish.
Filing a patent application: all the steps you need to know. 1. Do a Prior-Art Search. To determine whether your invention already…
Inventors: Learn to Think Like an Examiner. Sign up today, Friday!
Before you spend all that time and money applying for a patent for that cool innovation, perhaps you’d like to determine its…
Intellectual Property Basics and Helpful Resources: This Thursday
Learn how to protect your innovation as you transition from idea to product. Join the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)…
Your Name. Your Image. Your Likeness. Yours.
Like professional athletes, student athletes should protect their name, image, and likeness (NIL) with a trademark. Study up on the USPTO’s name,…
The 19th-century woman behind a ubiquitous invention
“She faced numerous thefts of her intellectual property and legal challenges to her patents and designs, but she refused to back down.”…
A Guide to Design Patents
A design patent is simply a patent on the design of an invention. It differs from a utility patent in that it…