If you are an inventor, protecting your invention would probably be something you’re interested in. Protection can come in several forms, but one of the most effective ways to protect your invention is to patent it. Certain patents are specifically designed to protect inventions and confer the patent owner the right to exclude others from […]
Thinking about protecting your invention? If you are an inventor, you may have thought about obtaining protection for your invention. But what forms of protection are available to ensure that your invention is protected? One possible form of protection would be acquiring a patent for your invention. A utility patent would grant the patent […]
Last year I interviewed professional patent searcher Martin E. Keller after he sent me his 2011 patent calendar. Each month on the calendar is accompanied by a drawing of a funny device described in a US patent. This year I received a PDF version of the calendar which I share with you here. It is […]
Recently I received a calendar from professional patent searcher Martin Keller. On each month of the calendar is a patent drawing that is very unique. So I contacted him because I wanted to thank him for sending me the calendar and see if he would answer a couple questions about preliminary “prior art” patentability searches. Well […]
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) web page is not very user friendly when searching for prior art patents. But I found an add-on for Firefox called Aspator that makes it much friendlier. The Aspator add-on works with search pages for patents and patent applications on the USPTO and the European Patent Office […]