How Do You Patent New Invented Product Ideas?
The U.S. Congress created patent laws to protect inventors and formed the U.S. Patent and Trade Office (USPTO) to enforce these laws in 1903, according to ThinkQuest New York City. If you have a new product idea that you invented, the USPTO will become an active partner in reviewing your application and eventually granting patent rights to you. Write a product disclosure to lock the date of the invention, according to Lynn Wilson, Adjunct Marketing Instructor at Rogers State University. Courts will accept this disclosure as a legal document to resolve “who was first to invent” disputes, even though it does not grant rights to the intellectual property as a patent would. The disclosure can be manually penned or typed and should cover the concept and its most logical uses. Write it in the same manner as you would describe the concept to your peers. No formal requirement dictates the format of the document with the exception that two witnesses, friends or colleagues, need to read and unde
