Discover how a Provisional Patent Application protects your invention with the "patent pending" label and learn about its ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is the federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks. Pictured June 30, 2018, in Arlington, Virginia. Photo: Mark Van Scyoc/Shutterstock.

“Provisional patent applications are widely touted as the go-to thing for startup companies or independent inventors, but they are always the wrong thing to do,” says Russ Krajec, CEO of BlueIron, a ...

The United States patent system is in disarray. The latest international patent rankings from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce shows that the U.S. patent system has fallen out of the top 1o in the world ...

“When drafting a patent application, it is good practice to spend time drafting quality claims. Do not simply rely upon your ability to add claims later, because invariably you will want to at some ...

Speed to market is paramount today. Whether you are a creative person, inventor, entrepreneur, startup, medium-sized enterprise, or Fortune 500 company, there’s no doubt that filing intellectual ...