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Patent It Yourself: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Filing at the U.S. Patent Office

Patent It Yourself: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Filing at the U.S. Patent Office

Current price: $49.99
Publication Date: August 31st, 2018
Publisher:
NOLO
ISBN:
9781413325393
Pages:
672

Description

Protect and profit from your invention

For over 30 years, Patent It Yourself has guided hundreds of thousands of inventors through the process of getting a patent, from start to finish. Patent attorneys David Pressman and David E. Blau provide the latest information, forms, and clear instructions to help you:

  • conduct a patent search the right way
  • evaluate your idea's commercial potential
  • file a provisional patent application to get "patent pending" status
  • prepare a patent application
  • focus on your patent application's claims
  • respond to patent examiners
  • get your drawings done right
  • protect your rights in foreign countries
  • deal with infringers, and
  • market and license your invention.

The 19th edition covers the latest implications of the first-to-file rules created by the America Invents Act.