A utility patent is the proper way to
protect an invention that differs from prior inventions
in the way that it functions. A utility patent can
protect a machine, an article of manufacture, a chemical
composition, and even a process. Computer software,
games, and business methods qualify as processes,
and are protected with utility patents.
A utility patent application employs drawings to show
the functional features of your invention, a lengthy
description of your invention and how it operates,
and a legal description of the extent of the proposed
coverage of the utility patent.
From even the most basic description from the inventor,
we prepare the entire patent application, from start
to finish. Preparing a patent application begins with
the preparation of official drawings showing the details
of your invention. Then, the invention is described
with painstaking care, using our engineering experience,
our legal experience, and our experience from dealing
with Patent Office Examiners in thousands of patent
cases. Possible variations are considered to obtain
the broadest patent possible. Preparation of the patent
application ends with your signature of approval.
Once you have signed the application, it is ready
for filing in the Patent Office. On the day that we
file the application, your invention becomes patent
pending!
