Incontestability Status
Patented Leather Shoes
Foil Wrapped Dessert Patented 1922
The Patented Gate And The Mean Hamburger
Foreign Patents
Experimental Use Doctrine
European Patent Office
How To Patent
Patents
Small Business Grants

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Remember that patents and protective measures are open to everyone. It has to have enough detail to have others understand and grasp what it is, how it works and how it has to be made. FILING DATE: the date on which a written description of the invention, drawings if necessary, and the name of the inventor(s) are received in the patent office.

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It makes dreams REAL! If you act on an idea or thought, be sure to protect your best interests. So, how are new ideas born and bringing dreams into reality every day?

Conclusion - part 3

Here is a sampling from what the patent application documentation and related requirements might expect from investors:


APPLICATION FOR PATENT

(Source: Excerpted from General Information Concerning Patents Print Brochure , from the US Government website patent and trade organization see reference listing at the back for full details)

Non-Provisional Application for a patent, is made to the Assistant Commissioner for Patents and includes:

(1) A written document which comprises a specification (description and claims), and an oath or declaration;

(2) A drawing in those cases in which a drawing is necessary; and

(3) The filing fee. Payment of small entity fees must be supported by a small entity statement.

Fees change each October.

All application papers must be in the English language or a translation into the English language will be required along with the required fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(k).

All application papers must be legibly written on only one side either by a typewriter or mechanical printer in permanent dark ink or its equivalent in portrait orientation on flexible, strong, smooth, non-shiny, durable and white paper.

The papers must be presented in a form having sufficient clarity and contrast between the paper and the writing to permit electronic reproduction. The application papers must all be the same size -- either 21.0 cm by 29.7 cm (DIN size A4) or 21.6 cm by 27.9 cm (8 1/2 by 11 inches), with a top margins of at least 2.0 cm (3/4 inch), a left side margin of at least 2.5 cm (1 inch), a right side margin of at least 2.0 cm (3/4 inch) and a bottom margin of at least 2.0 cm (3/4 inch) with no holes made in the submitted papers. It is also required that the spacing on all papers be 1 1/2 or double spaced and the application papers must be numbered consecutively (centrally located above or below the text) starting with page one.