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If I didnt patent my Idea before I went to the Company with It Could they steal my Idea and get away with it And If so how do You go about patenting your idea?
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∙ 14y ago
If you didnt patent your idea then yes they could steal the idea if they wanted to and nothing could be done about it unfortunately .
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∙ 14y ago
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How could a person patent ideas?
There are a few routes one could take to patent their ideas. Whilst one could go and patent the product themselves, it is always best in any case to hire a patent attorney. The claims of a patent must be carried out correctly and on the first submission, and the process is very complicated if one is not trained in the field. This could costly so one might seek out financial support from an investor before submitting a patent request.
Are there ways you can legally protect your rights to an idea to enhance a product for an existing company that you don't work for?
You could apply for a patent. Contact the US Patent Ofiice for information on how.
How much money does a inventor earn?
if nobody uses his inventions or they aren't much good, nothing if he invents something really good, but fails to patent it,then still nothing, but if he/she does invent something really good or useful,and he protects his invention by patenting, then he/she could make millions of $$$$
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The majority of patent practitioners in the United States are patent attorneys. A patent attorney is defined as someone who is admitted to practice before the courts of at least one state in the U.S., and who is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent Office. In contrast, a patent agent is someone who is admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent Office but who is not provided any proof to the U.S. Patent Office that he or she is admitted to practice before at least one court in the United States. Thus, some patent agents (the ones who happen to be attorneys also) could become patent attorneys simply by filing the appropriate papers with the U.S. Patent Office establishing that they are also admitted attorneys.
What does 14KT-PAT on jewelry mean?
the pat can refer to patented,patenting or could also be that the owners name was inscribed into the piece. generally on finer pieces,the company's intials may be inscribed or the jewelry makers initials.
Can I make a discontinued part and sell it?
Either a person or company holds patent on objects, such as a 'part'. Even if a part is discontinued, the company or person still holds the patent rights. It would be illegal for anyone to create the part and sell it; it would violate the patent holders' rights. You could be forced to pay thousands to millions in damages and fines.
Use a sentence with patent?
"My company spent sixty million dollars to research a new medicine and was hoping to obtain a patent for it, so that others could not copy it immediately." Little girls sometimes like to wear patent leather shoes. His patent disdain for his supervisor lead to his termination. The government issued a land patent to the gold mining company. These apples cannot be grafted without permission from the patent owner.
Where could you find a patent office?
The US Patent Office is located in Washington, DC.
How do you take tablets?
If the medication is to be swallowed only, get the patent a drink that he/she likes( if allowed to be given to). Tell the patent to swallow it. If it is a chewable pill tell he/she that it will make the patent feel better, or you could give the patent some other options.
How can you patent something that has already been patent but the patent has run out?
Short answer, you can't. Not in the US, anyway.Trying to "re-patent" an item that once had a patent would likely end in a denied application. For one, the invention would no longer meet the Novelty Requirement of the patent process - it is no longer "new" or "different," and obviously has been known to the market for over a year (at least 20 at this point, actually). Even if your version were a new size or slightly different material, it still may not pass muster on the Non-Obviousness Requirement.Patents exist as an incentive to innovation, offering the original inventor (or his assignees) an exclusive period of time to market, produce, and sell the invention, thus recouping the cost of R&D and (hopefully) profiting on top of it. Patents are not even renewable by the original holder, much less available for "re-patenting" by someone else who in all likelihood, if they're simply reproducing a product from the published patent claims, did not put the same research effort into the product's development.That said, if you had an *improvement* or *new version* of an existing now-expired-but-once-patented item, you could follow the same patenting process as any other invention including conducting patent research, checking that you meet the eligibility requirements, filing and keeping up the fees, etc...
Advantages of patenting?
It gives the inventor license, so that no one could steal the inventor's idea. The inventor also gets awarded from their inventions.
Can an employee apply for a patent?
Certainly. The actual holder of the patent will depend upon the employment agreement. If the employee developed the idea while working for the employer, the patent will belong to that employer. Many employers have a program set up to give a bonus to the employee if the patent is granted. If it is created outside of work, the individual retains all rights. Depends on whether you're employed to create inventions and whether your employer has asked you to assign your rights to the company, and whether the invention is related to the company's business. If your invention was "created" as part of your employment, then no, you have no particular right to apply for a patent, as you do not technically own it; the company does. The company could, for example, decide to keep your invention "trade secret" or (contrarily) to disclose it for the world to use without anyone able to patent it. Or they may simply not have the interest in the new discovery to justify putting any money into it. Generally, in U.S. patent practice, an employee has a fiduciary obligation to the company to disclose all new inventions related to the business. The company can then decide if it wants to retain patent counsel for the purpose of strategizing and filing one or more patent applications. However, the name of each and every inventor (of the invention claimed) must be shown on the patent application. The patent attorney will usually ask each inventor to sign a formal "assignment of rights" in the invention and the patent(s) that may be issued. On the other hand, a number of very successful companies have been formed when an inventor obtained permission to patent something that his employer had refused to pursue. Other countries have rules that may differ somewhat, such as whether the company or the owner is the initial "owner" of the intellectual property, and who has the right or the power to file an application.
