Patent assistance for filing patents

A new invention, which involves a lot of intellectual and skills can be time taking and also allows you to spend huge amount of money. However, the end result is a useful and innovative invention, which can benefit the people and sometimes business organizations. However, there are also some people and firms that believe in capturing the ideas and processes developed by an individual and many a times tend to name someone else’s invention on their name. This theft and duplicity of the invention can happen before as well as after the launch of the invention in the market. Therefore, the USPTO or The United States Patent and Trademark Office has defined a set of rights that can help an individual or firm to patent their invention and relieve themselves from the fear of duplicity or theft of the invention.

Patent vs. Copyright

There are a number of people who confuse themselves on the idea of patents and copyrights. However, there is a major difference both these terms. Patents are ideas that are led to actual tangible innovations, while copyrights helps in protecting artistic achievements, which includes musical, literary or dramatic innovations. The basic aim of these terms is to protect intellectual ideas from being stolen or duplicated.

Non-provisional patents

This is the most common type of patent issued by the USPTO, which requires a description and design of the idea along with an application payment fee. Such patents last for duration of twenty years after which they are required to be renewed.

Provisional application

This is a special kind of patent that is issued for those inventions that have not been fully developed and can have provisional patents placed on them, which prevent them from being stolen. This is the least costly patent and last for only a duration of twelve months after which the inventors are required to file a non-provisional patent

Apart from the aforementioned patents, there are also three main categories into which patents are classified. These include – plant, utility and design patent. There are individuals or firms that give rise to new creations, but are unaware on the process of patent registration. Therefore, business attorneys are hired for patent assistance that guides the inventor on all the necessary steps, which are to be followed while filing a patent. The patent attorneys also assist their clients for conducting a search that whether the idea or invention created by their clients are already existing or not.