Introduction to Patenting
Introduction to Patenting
If you have an invention, be it a new product or process, then it may well be patentable, and a patent lawyer should be used to ensure that you maximise the protection available for your invention.
To obtain a patent, your invention must be novel at the time that you file your patent application and it must also be inventive. A patent is a bargain between you and the state. You tell the state about your invention, and if they are convinced that it is novel and inventive, then they will grant you a patent for it. The upshot of this is that you must keep your invention confidential until such time as you file your patent application. If you are worried that you may have disclosed your invention, then you should contact your patent lawyer company to discuss it. Sometimes a disclosure does not count, for example, because the disclosure was not enough for someone else to recreate the invention.
The procedure to obtain a patent is relatively complicated, but a patent lawyer should make the process as simple and smooth as possible for you. They should do the hard work for you.
Firstly, your lawyer will require a full disclosure of the invention, concentrating on the reason for creating the invention, the advantages of the invention, the technical features, and similar ideas in the same field, which are already in the public domain. If you have conducted a patent search, then the patent lawyer should want to see the results. You may ask yourself, can I show this information to a patent attorney company? Well the answer is that you can with 100% confidence, if they are a chartered British Patent Attorneys and European Patent Attorneys. If they are, then they have a legal duty to you, the customer, to act properly and not disclose your invention improperly. They should, of course, tell the Patent Office about your invention at the appropriate time.
Albright Patents is a full service UK based patent and trademark attorney company offering representation before the UK Patent Office (UKIPO), the European Patent Office (EPO) and internationally before WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation). We can also file patent applications in almost any country throughout the world.
To obtain a patent, your invention must be novel at the time that you file your patent application and it must also be inventive. A patent is a bargain between you and the state. You tell the state about your invention, and if they are convinced that it is novel and inventive, then they will grant you a patent for it. The upshot of this is that you must keep your invention confidential until such time as you file your patent application. If you are worried that you may have disclosed your invention, then you should contact your patent lawyer company to discuss it. Sometimes a disclosure does not count, for example, because the disclosure was not enough for someone else to recreate the invention.
The procedure to obtain a patent is relatively complicated, but a patent lawyer should make the process as simple and smooth as possible for you. They should do the hard work for you.
Firstly, your lawyer will require a full disclosure of the invention, concentrating on the reason for creating the invention, the advantages of the invention, the technical features, and similar ideas in the same field, which are already in the public domain. If you have conducted a patent search, then the patent lawyer should want to see the results. You may ask yourself, can I show this information to a patent attorney company? Well the answer is that you can with 100% confidence, if they are a chartered British Patent Attorneys and European Patent Attorneys. If they are, then they have a legal duty to you, the customer, to act properly and not disclose your invention improperly. They should, of course, tell the Patent Office about your invention at the appropriate time.
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