This one was never built on, “seeing is believing.” This is a firm that I built based on, “believing is seeing.” We represent inventors, and that's what makes us unique—we represent the potential.
The biggest factor is how crowded the field is, and how many others have tried to come up with solutions to the same problem. The more patents that we find when we do our search, the closer they are to your idea, the more time I have to spend as an attorney trying to distinguish […]
You don't need a working model or prototype of your idea in order to get a patent. All that is needed is the ability to describe how your invention is made and used. Do you have rough sketches of your concept? That would definitely help, but it's not necessarily The problem in waiting for […]
The Patent Professor: What's the best way to wow investors? Contestant: Right here, Kevin, is the patent for the product, and right here is the patent for the process Shark: Wow. Shark: Can I see the process patent? Contestant: Here, you can take them both, sir. Shark: So, nobody else can make boneless ribs? Contestant: […]
Shark: Do you have a patent on any of this stuff? Contestant: We don't hold the patent yet right now. Shark: Do you have a patent on this? Contestant: We have a patent pending utility patent or the telescoping system for a safe room. Shark: Is that patented? Contestant: No, it is not patented. […]
There's a myth out there that patents are only available for things that are complicated. People imagine inventors to be like that professor in the movie Back to the Future, and they expect to have like a flux capacitor before you go and see your patent attorney. Nothing could be further from the truth. […]
The wonder that is the Internet has completely changed the practice of patent law. Today, you no longer have to choose your patent attorney from among the closest local attorneys you can find. We help inventors throughout the United States. In fact, 90% of our clients are not in Florida at all. And we […]
There's no requirement that you have a patent search done first, but the search is important. It tells you whether your idea is new and how likely it is to get a patent. Also if you don't do a patent search the idea may violate somebody else's rights, and instead of making money from […]
So there are generally three main types of patents: utility patents, design patents and plant patents. Utility patents include both temporary patents that are called provisional patents, and final patents that are called non-provisional patents. In order to qualify for a utility patent, you must show your idea to be new, useful, and non-obvious. […]
It's only a good idea if they’re first. The best idea in the world is not going to go anywhere if somebody else has a patent on it and has filed before you. So, the first step is for us to do a patent search and make sure that your idea is unique and […]
Our clients include individual inventors, small to medium-sized businesses, and large, well-known corporations and institutions throughout the United States, Canada, Latin America, and worldwide.
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