Do you have an idea for a device, product, machine, computer program, or process? A patent gives the inventor the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling that invention for a set period of time. We can help you determine whether obtaining patent protection is the appropriate vehicle to protect your idea.
There are three types of patents:
- Utility patents may be granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof
- Design patents may be granted to anyone who invents a new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture
- Plant patents may be granted to anyone who invents or discovers and asexually reproduces any distinct and new variety of plant