What is an invention??

Inventions

To invent is to create through independent investigation, experimentation, and basic brain power.

Inventions can be nearly anything and can come as a result of a moment of ingeniousness, a solution to a problem, or as a development from years of research.

Protecting your invention is key!

Patent

Is a grant of property rights to the inventor, issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

The right to exclude others from manufacturing, offering a sale or selling the invention in the United States or “importing” the invention to the United States.

This patent only works in the United States, so if you wanted to sell a product in a different country you would need to work on getting a Patent from them.

Patent

Patents are usually submitted with many forms and a fee

Things you would need to submit a patent: Design title

Summary of invention

Drawings with explanations

Detailed descriptions

Types of Patents

Utility Patent

Protects processes, machines, manufactured items, or compositions of matter EX: Medicine, electronics

Types of Patents

Design

Protects new, original, and ornamental designs for manufactured items EX: athletic shoes, automobile body