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No, the use of an attorney or registered agent is not required for filing a patent application. However, an attorney or registered agent is often a useful resource and the USPTO recommends the use of such for preparing a patent application and conducting the proceedings in the USPTO.
No, the use of an attorney or registered agent is not required for filing a patent application. However, an attorney or registered agent is often a useful resource and the USPTO recommends the use of such for preparing a patent application and conducting the proceedings in the USPTO.
While you can file a patent application yourself, the USPTO recommends hiring a patent attorney or agent. If you need a patent attorney, click here to use the USPTO website's search list of those licensed to practice before the USPTO.
Below is a brief outline of the basic steps you'll need to take before filing a patent application in the United States. Again, nothing within this process requires a lawyer; there's no court, no judge, no "legal" research. The USPTO has specific rules, however, which can be complex and hard to follow.
The five primary requirements for patentability are: (1) patentable subject matter, (2) utility, (3) novelty, (4) nonobviousness, and (5) enablement.
Patent applications: the three criteria Novelty. This means that your invention must not have been made public – not even by yourself – before the date of the application. Inventive step. This means that your product or process must be an inventive solution. Industrial applicability.
There are three types of patents: utility, design and plant. Utility and plant patent applications can be provisional and nonprovisional. Provisional applications may not be filed for design inventions.
A nonprovisional utility patent application must include a specification, including a description and a claim or claims; drawings, when necessary; an oath or declaration; and the prescribed filing, search, and examination fees. Patent Center accepts electronic documents formatted in DOCX.
Here are some things you can describe to get you going: Describe the way it looks: Describe what it does: Describe each step in the process of how it is used: Describe why it works: Describe the Benefits of using your invention: Describe different ways of making your invention: Use Lot of Pictures: