Patent and Protect > USPTO

Wondering how to patent a product? Patent applications may stand no chance of ever being granted yet they can still be very useful for your product commercially. For instance, many larger companies you pitch to may refuse to sign Confidentiality Agreements with you. They may not want to agree to never to compete in that field, and/or they may not have the necessary legal resources. ’Patent pending’ status is a tried and tested way of demonstrating the intent to vigorously protect the intellectual property of your product. There are ways to achieve this through the patent application process at a reasonable cost. Here’s how to quickly gain patent protection for a product, via a standard-issue utility patent application using a US patent attorney or agent:

An inventor cannot receive a United States patent for perpetual motion devices, abstract ideas, laws of nature, or naturally occurring substances. An inventor cannot receive a United States patent for an invention publicly disclosed more than 12 months ago; or in most other countries if it has been disclosed at all.

The material in this site, and/or provided by our advisors, is commercially focused and generalized information about successfully working within the existing legal framework of intellectual property, patents and patent law; and should in no way be viewed or construed as legal advice. Your advisors at Innovate are not and will not be attorneys unless this is specifically stated, so we advise you to contact an intellectual property attorney if you need specific legal information and tactical advice. We can immediately provide you with new invention help, inventor advice, design & prototyping as well as patents and protection. – See more at: Patent Application