European Patent Searches

The main body giving patents within Europe is the European Patent Office or the EPO. This office is responsible for searching and providing patents to almost all countries in the European Union, barring only a few countries. At present, it has about 30 million patents on record.

The Patent Office's Proposed Rules For Disclosing Prior Art Increase Patent Applicant's Burden

The proposed new rules require patent applicants to make a selection of documents to be disclosed; the rules ask the applicants to provide explanation on pertinent documents. To insure that the strenght or validity of the patent is not jeopardized, extreme caution is required when deadling with the Patent Office.

Shouldn't Great Inventions Deserve Iron-clad Patents?

Chemical or pharmaceutical industries obtain patents to protect their inventions. However, many of the patents do not hold up to intense scrutiny by lawyers and courts. This article provides practical tips for obtaining strong patent protection on inventions so that these industries can resist competition successfully.

Patent: Seven Ways to Keep You from the Wolves

You have an invention or an idea for an invention. The first people you may hear about - or even may contact you - are from an invention development company. While many of these organizations are legitimate, some are not.

Patent - Some Famous Patents

An article about some famous patents.

Patent - Business Method Patents - Part II

Second in a series of articles on business method patents.

Patent - Business Method Patents - Part I

First in a series of articles on business method patents.

Patentability of Business Methods

Update on business method patents.

Short Guide to Patent Protection and Patentability

What can be protected? Determining what qualifies as a patentable invention is a highly difficult and complicated task. Patent laws state that “Anything under the sun that was invented by man qualifies as patentable”. Simple enough, but if you notice, there are hundreds of pages full of exceptions and details on the idea of patentability following this phrase. Scores of appeals and patent court cases have arisen due to questions regarding patentability because it still hasn’t, and probably never will be entirely pinned down.

India Patent

Notification of Draft Patent Rules by Indian Government

India Patents - Exclusive Marketing Rights (EMR)

The term EMR means the exclusive marketing rights to sell or distribute the article or substance coverered in a patent or patent application in the country. The purpose of EMRs is to ensure that the innovator can market free copies of his product.

India Patents

India - Patents, salient changes in the Act

Step by Step Patents

Do you have an idea or an invention that you would like to get patented? Are you confused or unsure of what to do to obtain an invention patent? Here's a step by step guide to how the patent process unfolds.