The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently issued guidance regarding the issue of inventorship when inventions are assisted by...

The average length of time needed to obtain a U.S. patent is about two-and-a-half years. Some applicants, however, want their patents...

It happened again. Your company is trying to obtain valuable patent rights, and for the second time (or perhaps the third time, or the...

At the end of the Gulf War, ­international inspectors searching through an Iraqi military site found a U.S. patent that explained how to...

Have you ever noticed patent ­numbers on a product that you purchased? Those patent numbers show up everywhere: on the back of an...

One of the most frequent ­errors ­committed by inexperienced ­inventors is the untimely sale or public use of their invention. The sale...