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 […]