The key to making money from an invention is assessing your idea from a business perspective first — not after your patent issues. Is a patent only as “good” as your ability to defend it? Many people, ...

The USPTO has published a new rule, available for review in the Federal Register Reading Room, requiring the representation of foreign ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently issued new supplemental examination guidance significantly affecting design patent ...

“If you are developing an artificial intelligence that is making more and more judgment calls, and you want to seek patent protection for any resulting inventions, ensure there’s still a human ...

As an inventor holding over 100 U.S. patents – including the Super Soaker water gun, Nerf dart guns, clean energy technologies and many more – I know firsthand the vital role that patents play in ...

A patent provides you with exclusive rights to your new service invention for a limited time, usually 20 years. To qualify for a patent, your new service invention must offer a new way or process of ...

In November, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of KSR v. Teleflex. The case presents the High Court with an opportunity to put a damper on abuse of the patent system, reducing a ...

Beulah Louise Henry was just nine years old when she came up with her first invention in 1896, a device that allowed a man to ...