Patenting an invention constitutes a lengthy, expensive and complicated process. You must make sure your invention is patentable while also ensuring that nothing similar has already been patented. In ...

When you’ve got an idea for a new product, you’ve got to tread carefully in the world of patent help. That’s because many companies out there are happy to take your money with the promise of doing ...

If your business relies on bringing innovations to market that generate returns on investment, then a well-designed patent strategy is critical for realizing those returns. Patents help introduce new ...

The key to making money from an invention is assessing your idea from a business perspective first — not after your patent issues. Is a patent only as “good” as your ability to defend it? Many people, ...

Everybody knows that strong patents help decide the winners and losers of business competition. But there's another, little-known way for companies to acquire the patents they need: they can simply ...

Everybody knows that strong patents help decide the winners and losers of business competition — which is why companies applied for roughly 600,000 of them last year (though only half that number were ...

Researchers have deployed machine-learning techniques to analyze patents for products made from animal parts, in an effort to identify trends in the wildlife trade. The team analyzed patents filed ...

Carbon capture technologies generally pertain to the capture of carbon dioxide (CO 2) by certain materials or systems. Such materials or systems can then process the captured CO 2 in various manners, ...

Amid headlines Monday about President Donald Trump’s trip through the Middle East, and the deep budget cuts he had proposed back home, the U.S. Supreme Court issued something of a landmark ruling on ...

A Senate committee approved a bipartisan bill Nov. 21 to help small businesses protect their patents from predatory, giant corporations. With the bill now up for a floor vote, lawmakers should do ...

Joseph Stiglitz uses powerful and emotive arguments to challenge the effectiveness of patents in promoting innovation (16 September, p 20). But when the article makes assertions such as “the global ...