Cheap Self-Patent Sites Safe?

Cheap Self-Patent Sites Safe? Will “Self-help” Legal Sites Protect My Invention or Idea? Navigating the online legal waters Many self-help patent sites and invention companies we see being advertised to inventors offer no patentability opinions with their patent searches and offer every inventor a cheap provisional patent filing. We caution all inventors about the cheap […]

How to License Your Invention for Royalties

How Licensing & Royalties Work This page was created to help inventors understand invention licensing and royalties. We’ve included a video, an infographic, an example, and an invention royalty calculator to help you understand this process better. When you obtain patent protection on your invention, it is similar to owning Real Estate Property such as […]

USPTO Patent Fees

USPTO Patent Fees Patent Fees Due to the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) Have you ever wondered how the patent office makes money?  After all, how can they afford to examine and approve the thousands of patents that get issued every year?  Well, the USPTO charges fees for filing, issuing and maintaining a […]