Top tips for getting Patent Protection on Inventions
After sheer hard work and diligent experimentation, you have successfully invented a car that can run on sea water. But after exclaiming eureka to rejoice in your discovery, you are suddenly gripped with apprehension that someone - your nosy neighbor perhaps - might copy your work and claim ownership to the fruit of your labors. You then realize that you need patent protection.
Tips on Writing Patent Claims in China
- Decide which are the essential elements of your invention that you want to claim exclusive rights to. These elements should be the ones that distinguish your invention from known technology.
- Begin with your broadest claims and then progress to narrower claims.
- Start claims on a new page (separate from the description) and number each claim using Arabic numbers starting with 1.
- Precede your claims with a short statement such as "I claim:". In some patents this reads as "The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:".
- Check to see that each claim consists of an introduction, linking word, and body.
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Expert Tips on Patent Protection
standard procedure to follow in getting patent protection
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Step 1: Go to the local branch of the U.S. Patent Office.
Step 2: Make a proposal for your invention.
Step 3: After submitting the previously mentioned requirements to the director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, pay the filing fees.
Step 4: If your application is met with objections by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and they ask you to make modifications, you must act on the request immediately.
Step 5: Upon approval of your application, you will have to wait for 18 months after the processing of your patent.
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