The Federal government and patent agency IP Australia have launched a new open, online database featuring almost 20 years' worth of the country's patent application records, in a bid to make it easier ...

Jason Eisenberg, Hannah Hughes, Ph.D. Many practitioners in sensitive technology areas file patent applications with non-publication requests or may abandon their applications if examination is not ...

Patent databases worldwide are multiplying. In 2018, 3.3 million patent applications were filed at patent offices worldwide, a 5.2% increase compared to the previous year, according to the World ...

As you work with your attorney to complete a non-provisional patent application for your utility, design or asexually reproducing plant-based invention, your attorney will need to conduct a thorough ...

Inventors will frequently ask why they need to spend the money on a US patent search, and all too frequently believe patent searches are unnecessary. There are various iterations of this question, ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. A patentability search is conducted to determine if a given invention is novel or not. Loosely defined, patentability search is a process ...

Prior art generally serves as evidence that an inventor or creator seeking patent safeguards has not submitted an application for work that is sufficiently new, novel and therefore eligible for legal ...

At its core, a patent is a contract between an inventor, who agrees to disclose detailed information about their invention to the public, and the state, which grants them exclusive rights to that ...