With increased competition and globalization, legal protection for inventions is becoming more important. After all, companies want to protect their rights and develop a strong intellectual property rights portfolio to gain a competitive advantage. However, the desire for exclusive rights...
When applying for a patent, it is critical to conduct a patentability search. It requires a significant investment and determines your chances of obtaining a patent for your invention. Needless to say, an efficient patentability search is extremely important to...
Intellectual property, particularly patents, is one of the most valuable intellectual assets of a business, particularly one that relies heavily on invention and innovation. Developing any type of invention takes a significant amount of effort and money. It only makes...
A prior art search or patent search is performed to identify prior art for an invention. A patentability study determines the novel and non-obvious elements of an invention based on its prior art. The prior art search is an important...
Patentability is determined by a combination of two expert evaluations that address all four requirements: patent eligible subject matter, usefulness, novelty, and non-obviousness. Note: There are statutory barriers to patentability, as well as conditions under which patentability is granted. First...
Patents are issued and granted by law only for useful, non-obvious, and, most importantly, unique inventions. The first step you must take as an inventor before filing your patent application is to verify that your invention is new and unique....