Patent Drafting Preparation, Drawings/Illustrations and Filing Services
Now that you’ve done a thorough patent search, let us help you decide how best to file and prepare the appropriate patent application. We offer
Provisional, Design, and Utility patent packages. If you need just the Illustrations for your own patent application, we can help with that too. Below
find additional guidance and links to resources.
We prepare your patent application and drawings, performed by skilled intellectual property professionals, ready to file through the USPTO or
appropriate office.
To get started, fill in the Invention Disclosure Form (IDF) and provide rough drawings, then follow the instructions as you work through your
preparatory documentation.
What type of patent is best for you?
Most patents filed are Utility Patents as the strongest protection you can have for a product that is used or works as opposed to the way it looks,
which would generally be a Design Patent.
The Provisional Application or PPA was introduced in 1994 as part of the “harmonization” of US law with that of the rest of the world. The primary
advantages of the PPA are ease of preparation, lower cost, and the ability to use “Patent Pending” when the PPA is filed. A PPA does not require
claims, oaths, declarations, or any Information Disclosure Statement (IDS). However, if you intend to follow your PPA with a non-provisional
application (i.e. Utility Patent), the more information you record for your PPA, the easier to file and stronger your non-provisional patent application
will be.
A Design Patent, according to the USPTO, “consists of the visual ornamental characteristics embodied in, or applied to, an article of manufacture
(existing product)” or, more simply, how it looks. Design Patents are less expensive, easier to apply for, and usually take less time, however they
only protect the particular design you submit and can be relatively easy to “design around.”
Detailed patent information can be found on the USPTO website
1. Who can apply for a patent?
A patent can be applied for only in the names of the actual inventors.
Fun Fact: “A computer using artificial intelligence can’t be listed as an inventor on patents because only a human can be an inventor under U.S.
law, a federal judge ruled in the first American decision that’s part of a global debate over how to handle computer-created innovation.” (Only
Humans, Not AI Machines, Get a U.S. Patent, Judge Says — Bloomberg Technology, 3 September 2021);
2. What can and cannot be patented?
What can be patented:
• Process
• Machine
• Article of manufacture
• Composition of matter
• Improvement of any of the above
What cannot be patented:
• Laws of nature
• Physical phenomena
• Abstract ideas
• Literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works (these can be protected under Copyright).
• Inventions Offensive to public morality
3 What is the validity of a patent?
Patent protection is granted for a limited period, normally 20 years from the filing date of the application.
Take this important first step today! Use our patent search to see if your idea is already out there! We can help with any patent, trademark, and/or copyright issues.