As you work with your attorney to complete a non-provisional patent application for your utility, design or asexually reproducing plant-based invention, your attorney will need to conduct a thorough ...

Google has been a significant player in many facets of the patent world — as a creator, critic, litigator, buyer and big data indexer. Today, it’s taking the wraps off a product that is its flagship ...

Over the years, I have heard countless inventors pitch their product as the new/novel/one-of-a-kind/never-before-invented solution “everyone needs,” but only if ...

You have an amazing, earth-shattering idea; an ingenious way to solve an old problem, or a groundbreaking new technology. Of course, you can’t patent an idea. But as soon as you’ve fleshed it out to ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Ding! The light bulb goes off. Or maybe it’s been burning in the back of your brain for years. You have an incredible idea for an ...

Google today expanded its search coverage for patents by adding millions of documents from the European Patent Office to Google Patents. Google’s patent search tool went live all the way back in 2006, ...

Inventors will frequently ask why they need to spend the money on a US patent search, and all too frequently believe patent searches are unnecessary. There are various iterations of this question, ...

I frequently get questions about patent searches from independent inventors, and one of the most common questions relates to timing. They ask: “When should I do a patent search?” A reasonable question ...

Google Patent Search now includes the full database of European patents, as well as a new prior art finder. Google Patent Search now includes the full database of European patents, as well as a new ...

A new patent from Google tells us how queries may be rewritten based on the context of those searches to better meet search intent. I’ve been looking at sources of information that discuss the intent ...