The Patent Process: Protecting Your Property

Information About the Patent Process The patent process can be complex and knowing where to begin and how to responsibly pursue your inventions in a cost-responsible manner is not always easy, particularly for first-time inventors. Patents give an inventor the right to exclude others from making or selling an invention, design, or plant during the term of a patent. A certified U.S. patent may only be granted to an inventor after prosecution through the U.S. Patent Office. The U.S. Patent Office requires lawyers practicing before it to have highly skilled technical or engineering degrees, as well as a certification confirming their expertise with the federal patent procedures. Here’s a quick guide to the process and how the experts at Keaty Patent Firm can help you every step of the way.…
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