Patents: What You Need to Know

Twenty years of exclusive rights to your invention starts here.

What is a Patent?

Utility patents cover how things work and what they do.
Design patents protect the way something looks.
  • A 20-year duration from the filing date, allowing you to secure exclusive rights to your innovation over the long term.
  • An exclusive right granted by the U.S. government is enforceable domestically and internationally through the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) process.
  • New or Useful computer processes include even small improvements to patented processes. This includes improvements to data flows (routing and handling) that enhance processing speed, storage capacity, or access speed.
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Patent Early for These Reasons

Patenting early in the development process is advantageous to your business, ensuring the earliest possible filing date, allowing you to begin licensing your patent as early as possible, and protecting against public disclosures.

Patents Are Date Specific

20 years from filing, so patents are enforceable against everything after their filing date. The earliest possible filing date provides the maximum protection/market leverage/value to others possible.

Generating Revenue

Begin generating revenue from licensing as early as possible. Establish market presence as early as possible.

1-Year Time Limit

Public disclosures, public investor conferences or marketing a product for sale starts a 1 year time limit to file for a patent else barred from filing.

When in the Development Process?

The path forward requires precision and timing. We guide you through each stage, ensuring your invention receives the protection it deserves from day one.
Own Your Own Work

File your application

This depends on the patent attorney’s skill—an idea is patentable only if it can be described clearly enough for a person skilled in the art to recreate it.

Examination begins

Strong technical understanding allows a patent attorney to draft broader, more defensible claims and support earlier filing.

Develop with clarity

A skilled attorney translates your innovation into enforceable protection.

Patent Coverage – Find Out More

Patents transform invention into lasting business value

Legitimacy

20-year Duration

Your patent becomes collateral, increases valuation, and attracts serious investors and strategic partners.

Increases Investor Confidence & Valuation

A granted patent increases investor confidence and directly strengthens company valuation.

Available both Domestically & Internationally

A patent backed by the U.S. government carries weight. Investors recognize it. Competitors respect it.

Creates Market Leverage

Exclusive rights enforceable across domestic and international markets.

Quickly Generate Continuous Revenue Streams

Transfer patents as corporate assets to buyers or licensees.

Protect What You’ve Built

A patent is only valuable if you understand it. Let us show you the way forward.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about patents, timing, and protecting your innovation.

When should I file?

File as soon as your invention can be described well enough for someone skilled in your field to recreate it. The earlier you file, the stronger your protection and the sooner you can generate revenue from licensing.

What counts as patentable?

Any new or useful product, process, or improvement qualifies. Even small enhancements to existing processes that improve speed, storage, or access can be patented. Your attorney must articulate the invention clearly enough that your invention can be recreated from the disclosure.

How long does protection last?

Patents run twenty years from your filing date. This means everything created after you file is subject to change. That’s why timing matters so much for maximum market leverage and value.

What happens after public disclosure?

Once you publicly disclose, present at conferences, or market your product, you have exactly one year to file for patent protection. Miss that deadline and you lose the right to patent entirely.

Can I patent internationally?

Yes. Patent rights are enforceable both domestically and internationally through the PCT process, giving you the right to exclude competitors from using your invention across multiple markets and jurisdictions.