Firstly, conduct a patent search to check that your invention is new and not already patented. Once you know your invention is unique, file your patent with the US patent and trademark office.
One can get a patent for their invention by contacting the patent office. One must have a detailed summary of their invention and it's purpose in order for it to be patented.
try the word 'patent'. you would patent a new invention.
Patent
In order to patent a new invention, one has to get a grant of property right from the US Patent and Trademark Office. Depending on the type of patent needed, one will have to fill out an application for either utility, design, or plant patent.
Gordon Gould for invention of the Laser. The United States government denied his patent, granting it instead to Bell Labs. A company the government had military contracts with.
He was the first person to patent the invention of the telephone>
One can get a patent for their invention by contacting the patent office. One must have a detailed summary of their invention and it's purpose in order for it to be patented.
Patent revocation is the removal of patent protection from an invention.
try the word 'patent'. you would patent a new invention.
Patent
If someone has invented something that they wish to patent, they will need to apply for a patent at the nearest patent office and provide details of the invention, preferably take the invention with them.
A patent.
You can get a patent for an invention that is "new" and "non-obvious".
An improvement of an existing invention is itself an invention, and can be patented like any other invention. Contact a patent practitioner (patent agent or patent attorney) for assistance. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has lists and addresses of patent practitioners in every state. Avoid companies that advertise they will "help you get a patent."
When you have an invention, the first step is to get a patent for the invention.
They wouldn't "steal" your patent, in the sense that you would still own the patent, but they could certainly use your patent to make, use and sell your invention in any other country where you failed to patent it.
Under US patent laws, the first to invent has the exclusive right to the patent, even if someone else files for or obtains a patent on a similar invention later. This is not the law in any other country and the US law is changing in March 2013.