Practice Areas - IP

PATENTS & TRADEMARKS

 PATENTS

What Is A Patent?
 
A U.S. patent for an invention is the grant of a property right to the inventor(s), issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The right conferred by the patent grant is, in the language of the statute and of the grant itself, "the right to exclude others from
making, using, offering for sale, or selling" the invention in the United States or "importing" the invention into the United States. To get a U.S. patent, an application must be filed in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

In additional to provisions applications, below are some other types of patent applications which may be filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

File a Utility Patent Application: Utility patents may be granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, article of manufacture, or compositions of matters, or any new useful improvement thereof.

File a Design Patent Application: Design patents may be granted to anyone who invents a new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture.

File a Plant Patent Application: Plant patents may be granted to anyone who invents or discovers and asexually reproduces any distinct and new variety of plant.

Terminology Help

Patents - Safeguard Innovation.

Copyright - Protect Your Work Product

Trademark - Secure An Exclusive Brand

Trade Secrets - Secure Assets with Agreements and Barriers

Licensing - Negotiate Agreements for the use and development of IP

Litigation - Protect and Defend Claims of Misappropriation and Infringement