http://www.ezInvention.com/InventionInfo/IntellectualProperty/index.php http://www.ezInvention.com/rss/IntellectualPropertyArticles.xml Intellectual Property from ez Invention A patent search is a very important part of gaining your patent. The search can help you come up with new features to improve on your invention before you try to patent and market it. This will only increase your chances of creating something of value to the marketplace. So back to patent searchin Sun, 03 Dec 2006 11:54:28 -0700 http://www.ezInvention.com/InventionInfo/9.php http://www.ezInvention.com/InventionInfo/9.php We all hear the word 'patent' thrown around a lot in the media and in advertising, but what is a patent anyway? What is its purpose, and what are the guidelines for getting a patent? Well, lets say that you have invented a new product or process that has never been done or produced before. If you Sun, 03 Dec 2006 11:54:28 -0700 http://www.ezInvention.com/InventionInfo/31.php http://www.ezInvention.com/InventionInfo/31.php There is one kind of home business that is very different to any other: that of the inventor. If youve invented something, the chances are that you dont have the resources to mass-produce it yourself - youll be needing to send the plans and designs off to someone else to make in their factory. When Sun, 03 Dec 2006 11:54:28 -0700 http://www.ezInvention.com/InventionInfo/39.php http://www.ezInvention.com/InventionInfo/39.php Whats it going to cost you - and who will buy it? In figuring profit for your invention, it is NOT just what you will make - or even what you and your investor will make. You have to consider the entire food chain - developer/prototype, to manufacturer, to wholesaler, to retailer, then to you and Sun, 03 Dec 2006 11:54:28 -0700 http://www.ezInvention.com/InventionInfo/40.php http://www.ezInvention.com/InventionInfo/40.php On January 3, 2006 the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Patent Office) proposed changes to the current patent filing procedures that will dramatically change the process inventors and small businesses use to seek patent protection. The proposed changes also limit inventors ability to prote Sun, 03 Dec 2006 11:54:28 -0700 http://www.ezInvention.com/InventionInfo/47.php http://www.ezInvention.com/InventionInfo/47.php In ancient times, printing is done with the use of bare hands. This was called lithography. However, as we step in the modern era, the art of printing developed with it. The first thing that was invented was the typewriter. Said invention was indeed such a dramatic invention. Although it was manua Sun, 03 Dec 2006 11:54:28 -0700 http://www.ezInvention.com/InventionInfo/57.php http://www.ezInvention.com/InventionInfo/57.php Chemical and pharmaceutical companies protect their huge investment in research and development and the future of the companies by securing patents on their inventions. Success or failure of the company often depends on the strength of the patent in its ability to resist competition. Recently, the Sun, 03 Dec 2006 11:54:28 -0700 http://www.ezInvention.com/InventionInfo/63.php http://www.ezInvention.com/InventionInfo/63.php A patent is an official document given by a nationalgovernment to an inventor (or business or corporation) whowishes to have sole rights over a product for a limitedamount of time. Once the patent is granted, no one else hasthe right to make, sell, market, or profit from theinvention.In the United S Sun, 03 Dec 2006 11:54:28 -0700 http://www.ezInvention.com/InventionInfo/78.php http://www.ezInvention.com/InventionInfo/78.php Everything here is © ez Invention, Copyright 2006, All Rights Reserved Worldwide.