Patent It Yourself: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Filing at the U. S. Patent Office

The world's bestselling patent book, recommended by patent attorneys, inventors, journalists, and the U.S. Patents Office. Step by step, Patent It Yourself takes inventors through the entire process of obtaining a patent, explaining how to: prepare and file a provisional patent application, understand international patent protection, document the invention process, assign and license an invention to others, understand infringement, and much more. Completely updated and revised, the book provides the latest USPTO filing rules, plus new rules for filing amendments, mailing, and fees. Also covers the new European Patent Office and Patent Cooperation Treaty rules. Includes all the required forms. "Protect and profit from your invention ... For over 35 years, Patent It Yourself has guided hundreds of thousands of inventors through the process of getting a patent, from start to finish. Patent attorneys David Pressman and David E. Blau provide the latest information, forms, and clear instructions to help you: conduct a patent search the right way, evaluate your idea's commercial potential, file a provisional patent application to get 'patent pending' status, prepare a patent application, focus on your patent application's claims, respond to patent examiners, get your drawings done right, protect your rights in foreign countries, deal with infringers, and market and license your invention. The 21st edition covers the latest court decisions and patent filing rule changes." -- Description provided by publisher If you're sitting on a genius invention, don't wait to protect it! Nolo's best-selling guide to the patent application process is an all-in-one roadmap to putting your idea into motion and making sure your intellectual property remains your own. Let Nolo's patent experts walk you through the entire process one clear, detailed step at a time