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 ...

I frequently get questions about patent searches from independent inventors, and one of the most common questions relates to timing. They ask: “When should I do a patent search?” A reasonable question ...

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, ...

Before you hire a patent attorney or patent agent to help you write and file a patent application, you should know about their policies and practices. Most of the inventor-friendly patent ...

Jeffrey Proehl is a registered patent attorney with Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith P.C. in Sioux Falls. Patent searches may be performed for a number of purposes, but there are two primary types of ...

A patent search isn’t just about the search results. It’s about the strategy that comes from understanding them. Most people think a patent search ...

When I shared my first ‘big’ idea with my Silicon Valley patent attorneys, they absolutely loved it. I would never be able to count all the income it would generate me, I remember them saying. So, per ...

Raluca Vasilescu of Cabinet M Oproiu concludes a series on the use of artificial intelligence in patent practice by analysing ...