As you work with your attorney to complete a non-provisional patent application for your utility, design or asexually reproducing plant-based invention, your attorney will need to conduct a thorough ...

You have an amazing, earth-shattering idea; an ingenious way to solve an old problem, or a groundbreaking new technology. Of course, you can’t patent an idea. But as soon as you’ve fleshed it out to ...

Inventors will frequently ask why they need to spend the money on a US patent search, and all too frequently believe patent searches are unnecessary. There are various iterations of this question, ...

Companies specializing in patent searches have increased in number and capability. But has the use of these services by patent attorneys kept up? New tools require new strategies. In considering ...

Steven Rushing is the patent attorney who founded Patent Monk alongside his brother Jordan, a web developer. Steven initially started out wanting to solve a common problem he observed, which was that ...

Augmenting the millions of different types of data Google now searches, it’s just added a new feature to its sidebar: The ability to search patents. It’s a powerful tweak, especially given the huge ...

First things first: When it comes to patents, there are no guarantees. Why? Because patent law is constantly evolving. From my perspective as an entrepreneur (which is to say, someone who views ...

Inventors and entrepreneurs who are looking to cut costs frequently want to do their own search. This is a wise first move, but you really need to be careful. It is quite common for inventors to ...

Web companies are quietly amassing arsenals of search patents, as they prepare for a high-stakes war over the profitable technology that could one day control how most people get information. The ...

Web companies are quietly amassing arsenals of search patents, as they prepare for a high-stakes war over the profitable technology that could one day control how most people get information. The ...