Patents

Prior art searches, although not required, provide you with information about similar inventions that exist at the time of filing your application. You can only obtain a patent for an invention that is useful, novel, and unobvious when compared to known prior art. With search results, you can make an informed decision whether to prepare and file a patent application. We will discuss the results and their potential impact on your application.

Creating a patent application requires drafting a document with supporting drawings that describes your invention in enough detail that “someone of ordinary skill in the art” can make and use your invention. The description also describes how your invention difers from prior implementations to support an argument that your invention is worthy of being issued as a patent. Applications also contain claims that provide a legal definition of your invention. The claims are important. We provide the knowledge, skills, and experience to draft the application to meet all of the requirements.

A patent examiner identifies any issues that prevent the issuance of an application in its present form. The examination determines if technical details of the application and its drawings comply with the USPTO requirements. The examiner also performs a prior art search using the latest available prior art to determine whether the patent claims contain limitations that make the invention both new and unobvious. Responding to these rejections determine if your application will be issued. Obtaining allowed claims that are as broad as possible while still being novel is the task best handled by a registered patent attorney. We assist in the preparation of these responses and explain to you the impact of the prior art and our response. We are your partner from filing to issuance to help your application become a patent.