PATENT INFORMATION EVERY INVENTOR SHOULD HAVE
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What a Patent Is:
A patent is an inventor's deed to his or her invention. It gives the
inventor the legal right to restrict others from manufacturing,
importing, exporting, or offering for sale the inventor's idea.
Property Protected by a
Patent:
Inventions, discoveries and creations of any new useful
process,
machine, manufacture or composition of matter or any new and useful
improvement thereof may be protected by a patent.
Typical type of items that
may be protected by
Utility
Patents are:
machines, tools, toys, electronic devices, computers,
computer
programs, games, chemical formulas, articles of manufacture, and an
infinite variety of apparatus, devices, systems, etcetera.
Typical type of items that
may be protected by
Design
Patents are:
shapes of articles, fonts, dolls, toys, jewelry, tools,
parts,
castings, sculptures, the ornamental appearance of an infinite variety
of items, etcetera.
Property Protected by
Copyright:
Written works, such as books and articles, as well as
drawings, paintings, audio recordings, and videos are usually not
eligible for
patent protection, but usually are eligible for copyright protection.
If you are unsure if your
idea is the subject of a patent or a copyright, feel free to call my
office
at 1-800-242-9853, and I will help you determine what type of
protection is best for you. I am happy to
assist in
protecting ideas subject to copyrights as well as patents.
Average Cost at my office:
Between $1,600 and $2,400 for a complete Design Patent
application, and
between
$3,000 and $7,000 for a complete Utility Patent application. This
typically includes coreographing Drawings suitable for filing, Legal
and Technical
specification and all necessary Formal Papers required for filing by
the U.S. Patent Office in order to achieve a Patent Pending status. An
optional Preliminary Patentability Search is suggested and available
for an additional fee.
Duration of Patent:
Utility - 20 years from filing date. Design - 14 years from
issuance date.
Area of Coverage:
Country of Filing.
Extendable:
Generally not, only in very special cases.
Richard L. Miller, P.E.
Registered Patent Agent
12 Parkside Drive
Dix Hills, NY 11746-4879
1-631-499-4343 or 1-800-242-9853
http://www.pto-ag.com
Richard L. Miller - U.S. Registered 1972,
Registration
#26,309
Richard L. Miller - Registered in Foreign Patent Offices
Carl Miller - U.S. Registered 1926, Registration #12,244
(Deceased)
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