The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is the federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks. In doing this, the USPTO fulfills the...

Is a trademark application right for you? Trademarks, patents, copyrights, domain names, and business name registrations all differ, so it is important to learn whether...

Congress established the United States Patent and Trademark Office to issue patents on behalf of the government. The Patent Office as a distinct bureau dates...

An office action is an official letter sent by the USPTO. In it, an examining attorney lists any legal problems with your chosen trademark, as...

Patent Pending Number A patent pending notice can be written on the device, business cards describing the product, websites or other forms of marketing (social...

Establishing trademark rights requires that you use the trademark. You can preserve future rights to a trademark by submitting a trademark application with the United...

To expunge information submitted in incorrect application: Where the USPTO can determine the correct application file that the papers were actually intended for, based on...

Once you have chosen your mark, you must also be able to identify the goods and/or services to which the mark will apply, clearly and...

A patent for an invention is a grant of property rights by the U.S. Government through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The patent grant...

What can be patented – utility patents are provided for a new, nonobvious and useful invention: Process Machine Article of manufacture Composition of matter Improvement...

One of the most frequent questions independent inventors ask is whether they should file a provisional patent application But there is no surefire answer. Every...

The estimate for a patent application will depend on the type of application that you submit to the United States Patent and Trademark Office and...