How Do You Obtain Patents On Inventions?
Thoughts of riches, the excitement of creating a new product or process and investigations into the unknown motivate inventors. To receive credit for their inventions and realize monetary gain, however, inventors must hold the intellectual property rights to their inventions. Inventors receive the intellectual property rights to their inventions when the U.S. Patent and Trade Office, or USPTO, grants them a patent. Obtaining a patent on an invention requires inventors to adhere to USPTO guidelines while submitting their invention for patent examination. Evaluate the patentability of the invention. As written in the 1966 Supreme Court opinion of Brenner v. Manson, inventors may only patent useful inventions that provide a “specific benefit” to a segment of the public. Ensure the invention provides a specific, useful benefit to some segment of the population or you may not obtain a patent. Hire a patent agent or patent law attorney. A patent law attorney helps determine the originality o
