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Patent Search
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- Patent Search: Beginner's Guide to Everything You Need to Know A patent search is often conducted by entrepreneurs and inventors soon a...11 min read
- Best Patent Search Tools Guide Patent search tools help you conduct a patent search. Conducting a paten...6 min read
- Patent Database Comparison for Beginners A patent database comparison gives you an overview of various websites y...6 min read
How to Patent an Idea
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- How to Patent an Idea: 5 Easy Steps to Complete Learning how to patent your ideas is an important process to make sure t...12 min read
- Patent Strategy Guide for Beginners A patent strategy defines the overall goals for your patent portfolio. I...10 min read
- Guide to Patent Drafting Patent drafting is the process of writing the patent description and cla...10 min read
Provisional Patent
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- Provisional Patent: Everything You Need to Know A provisional patent application is a cheaper type of patent application...4 min read
- Examples of Provisional Patents Provisional patent examples can be created by using a non-provisional pa...8 min read
- Provisional Patent Cost The provisional patent cost is directly related to the United States Pat...8 min read
Utility Patent
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- Utility Patent: Everything You Need to Know Utility patents are the most common type of patent that is used to prote...7 min read
- Utility Patent vs. Design Patent A utility patent and design patent differ because utility patents cover ...11 min read
- The 3 Main Types of Patents The most common types of patents include design (how a product looks), u...8 min read
Design Patent
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- Design Patent: Everything You Need to Know A design patent is a type of patent that protects the way a manufactured...7 min read
- Easy Design Patent Search Guide A design patent search is searching existing patents to ensure your desi...5 min read
- Design Patent Cost A basic design patent cost for an application is $760 for a large entity...5 min read
Plant Patent
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- Plant Patent: Everything You Need to Know A plant patent is for newly invented strains of asexually reproduced pla...11 min read
- Plant Patent Search Guide A plant patent search covers information about patents granted by the go...18 min read
- The 3 Main Types Of Patents The most common types of patents include design (how a product looks), u...8 min read
Patent Infringement
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- Patent Infringement: Everything You Need to Know Patent infringement occurs when someone makes, uses, sells, offers to se...12 min read
- The 13 Types of Patent Infringement Defenses Patent infringement cases result when a patent owner files against someo...27 min read
- The 7 Main Types of Patent Infringement The various types of patent infringement occur when a person or business...13 min read
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