Intellectual Property Blog

How to Reduce Your Patent Filing Costs

How to Reduce Your Patent Filing Costs

How much does it cost to file a patent? That tends to be a loaded question that is riddled with various factors. Are you referring to just the patent application? Are you including patent lawyer fees? If cost is an issue, you may be wondering how to reduce the costs...

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How Long Does it Take to Get a Patent?

How Long Does it Take to Get a Patent?

Many entrepreneurs think the process of obtaining a patent is long and tedious. How long it takes to get a patent depends on several factors. While getting a patent could be complicated, it can be made much simpler when you work with an experienced attorney who...

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Factors That Affect the Cost of a Patent

Factors That Affect the Cost of a Patent

As an inventor, one of the first things to consider when protecting your invention is filing for a patent. The cost of patents varies for every creation, idea, concept, and product. One of the biggest factors that influences the cost of a patent is legal fees. Legal...

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How Many Patents Are Enough?

If you own a business and have created a product, you may already know that it's no minor accomplishment to obtain a utility patent. If you have encountered utility patents, you've probably had to overcome claim rejections and respond to at least one office action. If...

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Racism’s Impact on Innovation

Why laws aren’t enough, and what we can do to improve access to intellectual property protection and development I was going to write about a lighter topic for a first post. But I was inspired to discuss something a little deeper after listening to an interview of Dr....

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Invention Incentive Programs

What to consider as you encourage and monitor innovation in your company I won’t belabor why you should create an invention incentive (“patent bounty”) program. Let’s assume you’ve already made that decision. Now what? What Might the Company Be Entitled to Receive?...

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