Consult Attorney
Once you have identified a document you deem relevant to your idea, you should seek a professional opinion on the significance of this document. Usually, a patent attorney/agent can help you best with this. Generally, sooner or later in the invention process, an inventor will interact with a patent attorney. Before contacting a patent attorney/agent, make sure that you have completed the following:
- A comprehensive draft of the idea including all major elements a patent document. However, do not worry too much about drafting the claims, just be sure to know what features of your idea must be protected
- good amount of patent search that documents the prior art
- funding to cover attorney and filing
fees: (= a reasonable estimate is
$3000 just for filing)
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of Contents
- Who is an Inventor
- Patents and Patent Classes
- Goals of Patent Search
- Benefits From Patent Search
- Keywords: Before You Start!
- How to Search
- New Search
- Results
- Front Page
- Drawings
- Claims
- Consult Attorney
- Tips, Tricks, and Observations
