I filed a provisional patent for a guitar accsessory. When can I approach a retailer to sell it?

Once you have filed a provisional application you have a priority date and can approach a seller about your invention. In order to secure a US...

Copyright,Patent,Intellectual Property: I am an IT professional and have a huge business idea or concept related to technology.

I reviewed your below questions and I'm happy to respond to them. 1) what is the difference between a raw concept or a new idea? In terms of a...

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Patent Law Application filing questions.

Hi, You need to talk to a patent attorney about this product instead of just any attorney. Only someone who is the first inventor to file a patent...

First file patent law

You won't be able to get a patent for a product that is already known and being sold by someone else. One of the requirements for a patent is that...

I found a patent with prior art AFTER my earlier inventor notebook documents

Whether or not you can invalidate this patent doesn't change what this patent discloses and its effect on your future patent application. A patent...

What do I need to do to Patent an Invention?

You should contact a patent attorney or agent and prepare and file a US provisional patent application. The application should describe in detail...

Before discussing an invention to anyone, what documents should an individual have?

Filing a US provisional application would be the best idea. Even if you have a signed non-disclosure agreement, enforcing it and calculating...

Should one wait until an invention is published by the US Patent and Trademark office before revealing any of its methods?

If your working at the same company that you assigned your patent application to, there is no reason to wait to disclose this information until the...

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Can I patent an idea that would improve an already patented product, yet not replace it?

Yes. You can get a patent for an improvement on an already existing patented product. A patent attorney should be consulted to review the existing...

Can i patent ideas in another country, build websites and make a business out of it??

Yes, you can patent your idea/invention in other countries than the U.S. A U.S. patent application by itself, however, won't give you any...