The inventor(s) MUST file a United States Patent Application within 1 year (if patent protection is desired in the United States) of the earlier of:
a) making an offer to sell the invention (even if the offer is not accepted and sometimes even when the invention is not yet manufactured or otherwise available);
b) use of the [...]

The inventor(s) MUST file a United States Patent Application within 1 year (if patent protection is desired in the United States) of the earlier of:

a) making an offer to sell the invention (even if the offer is not accepted and sometimes even when the invention is not yet manufactured or otherwise available);
b) use of the invention in public (e.g. using the invention at work or in public on the street corner); or
c) or putting the invention in a printed publication which is circulated (e.g. a sales brochure, catalog, or a web site).

These are called “statutory bars” and if the year period expires without filing the United States Patent Application, the inventor(s) are not permitted to file a patent application in the United States.

Foreign priority (discussed above) or the priority of a provisional patent application (discussed below) can be used to predate the expiration of the 1 year period if applicable.

Are you a typical newbie inventor… frantic to get started making money from your new product idea but not having a clue what to do?
Don’t worry, most people feel the same as you when they start out. The first thing to do is to file a patent application to lock in your legal rights to [...]

Are you a typical newbie inventor… frantic to get started making money from your new product idea but not having a clue what to do?

Don’t worry, most people feel the same as you when they start out. The first thing to do is to file a patent application to lock in your legal rights to your invention. You can file a provisional patent application to lock in “patent pending” for one year. It cannot issue as a patent, but a utility patent application can be based on it if filed during the one year patent pending period can and retain its filing date.

A utility patent application can issue as a patent after going through an examination process at the U.S. Patent Office. To be patentable, your “idea” must new and non-obvious. Usually, before filing a utility patent application, a patent search is conducted to see whether the inventor should invest the money to file one. A provisional patent application is much less expensive and thus a patent search is optional, though advised if other investment is going to be done to bring a product to market.

Once you have locked in patent pending filing one or the other type of patent application, you can tackle marketability and licensing issues, which I will discuss at a later date.

You can sign up for a provisional or utility patent application at:

http://www.inventionpatenting.com/file_provisional.html

You can see more information about provisional patent applications at:

http://www.inventionpatenting.com/provisional_patents.html

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Brian Rayve

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