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Patentability
Criterion
For
an invention
to become
patentable it
must meet
certain
criteria.
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- Patentability comprises
the necessary
characteristics
that an
invention must
have in order
for it to pass
muster as a
legally
patentable
innovation.
First they
must fall into
one of the
statutory
classes of
patents.
Additionally,
there are two
other main
characteristics
that an
invention must
have for it to
be rendered
patentable.
Namely, that
the invention
must be new
(novelty) as
well as having
no direct or
indirect
precedent
(non-obviousness)
with reference
to the
existing set
of
technological
art.
- Novelty means
that the same
invention must
not exist
anywhere prior
to applicant's
creation of
it.
- Non-Obviousness
is a somewhat
murkier factor
in the patent
world. Put
simply, one of
ordinary skill
in the art of
the
application's
invention must
determine that
the invention
would not have
been obvious
to make or use
the invention.
This is
determined by
patent office
personnel
conducting a
prior art
search and
analyzing the
state of the
technological
art. If the
sum total of
the prior can
not be
combined to
demonstrate an
obviousness
rejection nor
a logical
rationale be
found for the
same then an
application
passes to
issuance.
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Patent
Services
Writing
Drafting
Searching
Our
primary business
is the writing of
patent
applications for
utility
patents.
After signing a
Non-Disclosure
Agreement with you
we will have
several
conversations both
personal and
telephonic.
Then we will
proceed forward to
the writing of a
rough overview of
your
invention.
Simultaneously
Patent CEO will
order one of our
draftsman to work
on your
drawings.
After you have
reviewed your new
application and
drawings and
approved both, we
will collect other
auxiliary
documents and
arrange them for
transmission to
the
government.
These include but
are not limited
to:
Declaration(s),
Power of
Attorney(s) and
more. These
will be collected
and forwarded to
the USPTO either
electronically or
through the
regular mail.
Inventors can also
elect to file a
provisional patent
that provides a
one year grace
period for filing
a complete utility
application.
This option is
less expensive
then a regular
application at
first; but since a
provisional patent
never matures into
a regular patent,
applicant will
have to cover the
expenses of a
provisional
application and
later in the year
the cost of a
regular
application.
Patent CEO will
deduct the cost of
the provisional
application from
the later cost
structure of the
regular
application up to
100% in the first
six months after
the filing of the
provisional
application and
from 50-75% from
6-11 months after
filing of the
provisional.
Choose this option
only if you are
not sure about
filing your
regular
application.
Writing
Price
Guide - Agent
Fees
Fixed Provisional
Application -
$1000-1500+
Fixed Regular
Utility
Application Range
of Fees - $2700 -
$4400+
Fixed
Responses
to Substantial
Office Actions /
Appeals - $1000+
Price
Guide - US PTO
Fees
(Government)
Utility
Electric
Filing Small
Entity ($530)
Provisional
Electric Filing
Small Entity
($125)
Design Filing Fee
($265)
Drafting
Patent
CEO works with
draftsman in two
states to provide
the best quality
drawings for your
utility and design
patents.
Searching
We
can
also
conduct
searches
on
your
idea
but
because
of
the
enormous
number
of
patents it is
sometimes like
finding a needle
in a
haystack.
Having conducted
hundreds if not
thousands of
searches we can
find what your
looking for in the
USPTO database.
You should
understand,
however, that
there are many
countries that
have patent
databases and if
an applicant in
any of those
countries (Japan,
Germany, etcetera)
files over there
and not over here
there application
will not show up
in the US
catalog.
Therefore, it is
our opinion that
it is best to file
in the US with or
without a search.
If you have
conducted your own
search on
google.com and
found similar
technologies, do
not lose
heart.
Before there was
the disc brake
there was the drum
brake and the fact
that they solve
similar problems
does not mean
that yours is not
the more
marketable
product.
Price
Guide - Agent
Fees
Novelty Search
$800 - $1200+
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Utility
Patents
are
articles of
manufacture,
compositions
of matter,
machines or
processes can
obtain a
patent on that
invention.
Some examples
of the
foregoing are
a shoe
(article of
manufacture),
a drug
(composition
of matter), an
airplane
engine
(machine) and
a computer
program
running a
robot
(process). The
computer
instructions
controlling
the motion of
the robot is a
method in this
last example.
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Design
patents
cover
the ornamental
appearance of
an item.
They differ
from utility
patents in
that the way
an item looks
is being
patented.
This is futher
emphasized in
that the claim
in a design
patent is made
up essentially
of
drawings.
Utility
patents on the
other hand are
directed to
function and
structure.
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