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The Patent Process
- Step 1: Types of Patents
- Step 2: Define the Heart of Your Invention
- Step 3: Patentable Subject Matter
- Step 4: Patent Searching
- Step 5: Drawings
- Step 6: Specification
- Step 7: Title
- Step 8: Background
- Step 9: Brief Description of the Drawings
- Step 10: Detailed Description
- Step 11: Claims
- Step 12: Abstract
- Step 13: Summary
- Step 14: Filing
Different Types of US Patents
What is the Heart of Your Invention?
What Can & Cannot Be Patented in the U.S.A.
Patent Search at the USPTO
How to do a US Patent Search
How to Create Patent Drawings
Patent Drawing Examples That Help You Create the Best Patent Drawings
What are the Drawing Standards for US Patent Applications?
Creating Hand Drawings for a US Patent Application
How to Create Drawings for Patent Applications with Computer Programs
How to Create Patent Application Drawings with Corel Draw
Writing the Specification or Disclosure of a Patent Application
Creating the Title for Your US Patent Application
How to Write the Background Section of a Non-Provisional Patent Application
About Patent Application Descriptions of Drawings
Writing the Detailed Description for a Patent Application
The Anatomy of Writing Claims for a Patent Application
How to Write a Patent Application Claim
Don Boys Explains How to Write Claims for Patent Application
Writing the Abstract Section of a Patent Application
The Summary Section of a Patent Application
Have a Registered Patent Agent Review Your Patent Application
Patent Application Checklist Before Filing
Patent Application Filing Status as a Micro-Entity
3 Ways to File a Patent Application
Preparing Docs to File Your Patent Application
Don Boys Shows How to File a Patent Application
- GENERAL PATENT HELP & INFO
- PATENT ELIGIBILITY
- PATENT SEARCHING
- PATENT FEES
- PATENT ORGANIZATIONS
- INTERNATIONAL PATENT AGENCY LINKS
- INVENTOR NEWS / BLOGS
- UNUSUAL PATENTS
- VIDEOS
- MISC LINKS
Patent Rights Restored
The Patent Process (Video Tutorials)
Resources (Patent Template, Examples, Filing Papers, and Drawing Requirements & Standards)
United States Patent and Trademark Office
General Info Concerning Patents
Getting Started With Patents
Intellectual Property (IP) Policy
Learning Resources
World Intellectual Property Organization
The world's most comprehensive source of data on the intellectual property (IP) system.
Inventors Assistance Center
The Patent Process (Video Tutorials)
Resources (Patent Template, Examples, Filing Papers, and Drawing Requirements & Standards)
United States Patent and Trademark Office
General Info Concerning Patents
Getting Started With Patents
Intellectual Property (IP) Policy
Learning Resources
World Intellectual Property Organization
The world's most comprehensive source of data on the intellectual property (IP) system.
Inventors Assistance Center
Patentability Overview: When Can an Invention be Patented?
IPWatchdog.
Does My Idea Qualify for a Patent?
ThoughtCo.
IPWatchdog.
Does My Idea Qualify for a Patent?
ThoughtCo.
Patent Search Info
United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Video Tutorial on Patent Search Process
Patent Search Engines
United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Video Tutorial on Patent Search Process
Patent Search Engines
Patent Organizations
Chartered Institute of Patent Agents
Professional and examining body for patent agents (also known as patent attorneys) in the UK.
Intellectual Property Owners Association
A trade association for owners of patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets.
InventNet: The Inventors Network
The first web-based inventors’ organization.
Invent Now
A non-profit organization that creates a wide range of programs, places, content–including the National Inventors Hall of Fame–in order to celebrate and foster the practice of invention.
Patent and Trademark Society
A non-profit organization for patent practitioners and those working in the field of patent law.
National Association of Patent Practitioners
A society for patent and trademark professionals, and other interested individuals.
Chartered Institute of Patent Agents
Professional and examining body for patent agents (also known as patent attorneys) in the UK.
Intellectual Property Owners Association
A trade association for owners of patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets.
InventNet: The Inventors Network
The first web-based inventors’ organization.
Invent Now
A non-profit organization that creates a wide range of programs, places, content–including the National Inventors Hall of Fame–in order to celebrate and foster the practice of invention.
Patent and Trademark Society
A non-profit organization for patent practitioners and those working in the field of patent law.
National Association of Patent Practitioners
A society for patent and trademark professionals, and other interested individuals.
- African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO)
- Organisation Africaine de la Propiete Intellectuelle
- Austrian Patent Office
- Barbados Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office (CAIPO)
- Belize Intellectual Property Office
- Brazilian Institute of Industrial Property
- Bulgarian Patent Office
- Bureau voor de Industriele Eigendom of The Netherlands
- Canadian Intellectual Property Office
- Canadian Patents Database
- State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China (SIPO)
- Croatian Patent Office
- Cypriot Department for the Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver
- Czech Industrial Property Office
- El Salvador National Center of Registries
- Estonian Patent Office
- Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office (EIPO)
- Eurasian Patent Organization
- European Patent Office
- French Patent Office
- Georgian Patent Office
- German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA)
- Greek Industrial Property Organisation
- Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government Intellectual Property Department
- Hungarian Patent Office
- Icelandic Patent Office
- Intellectual Property India
- Indonesia Directorate General of Intellectual Property
- IP Australia
- Irish Patents Office
- Israeli Patent Office
- Japan Patent Office
- Korean Intellectual Property Office
- Lithuanian State Patent Bureau
- Luxembourg Service de la Propriete Intellectuelle
- Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MYIPO)
- Mexico Institute of Industrial Property
- National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland
- Netherlands Patent Office
- New Zealand Intellectual Property Office
- Nordic Patent Institute (NPI)
- Norwegian Patent Office
- Panama Directorate General of the Industrial Property Registry
- Patent Office of Peru
- Philippines Intellectual Property Office
- Polish Patent Office (PPO)
- Portuguese Patent Office
- Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trademarks
- Russian Patent Office
- Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (Rospatent)
- Singapore Intellectual Property Office
- Slovak Republic Industrial Property Office
- Slovenian Intellectual Property Office
- South Africa Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office
- Spanish Patent Office
- Swedish Patent and Registration Office
- Swiss Federal Institut of Intellectual Property
- Taiwan Intellectual Property Office
- The UK Patent Office
- The UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO )
- Turkish Patent Institute
- Ukrainian Industrial Property Institute
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
- World Intellectual Property Organization
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Little Inventors
The central place for children to share their invention ideas with other children (and adults!) across the globe.
Cool New Awesome Inventions.
Popular Science
Inventions.
HowStuffWorks
IPWatchdog
Patents & Patent Law.
Entrepreneur
Inventing News & Topics.
LiveScience
Inventions 2018.
HuffPost Inventors
U.S. Inventor
Innovators, Inventors, Dreamers, and Builders.
Little Inventors
The central place for children to share their invention ideas with other children (and adults!) across the globe.
PATENTS
TED Talks on Invention
TED.
What is Intellectual Property?
Common Craft.
Video Tutorial on Patent Search Process
USPTO.
INSPIRATION
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Science Videos
Wired.
TED Talks on Invention
TED.
What is Intellectual Property?
Common Craft.
Video Tutorial on Patent Search Process
USPTO.
INSPIRATION
YouTube Playlist: Cool Kid Inventions
Nat Geo Kids.
Science Videos
Wired.
IBM Intellectual Property and Licensing
Being the company that has received the most US patents, IBM has dedicated pages for its portfolio of patents.
Being the company that has received the most US patents, IBM has dedicated pages for its portfolio of patents.