Short answer: To be patentable, your food item or recipe must be new—and not the subject of a public disclosure more than a year prior to your...

Strictly speaking, an idea alone cannot be protected by a patent. —Patents protect inventions. Written Description | Enablement —To obtain a...

In general, a cleaning product that is a combination of ingredients can be protected by patent provided that the composite product is new, useful,...

A food product or recipe that can be considered obvious to a person having ordinary skill in the culinary arts is not patentable. To be patentable,...

To obtain patent protection in the United States, patent applicants must submit a patent application to the United States Patent and Trademark...

RE: "What's Patentable" In the United States, software-related inventions can be protected by utility patents provided that patentability...

You can certainly seek a patent for a food production apparatus, food production method, or food production system. Strictly speaking, an idea...

Without specific details, which you should not disclose in a public forum, such as Avvo.com, it is difficult to evaluate patentability of your...

Strictly speaking, an idea alone cannot be protected by a patent. —Patents protect inventions. In general, an app can be protected by patent...

Patent infringement is determined primarily by the language of the claims of the patent. So long as the patent has not expired, a patent owner may...