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Like enacting your own law.Technically defined, a United States utility patent is a legal monopoly which prevents anyone from making, using, selling, offering for sale or importing the invention defined in the claims for a duration of twenty years from the original U.S. non-provisional filing date. That's great, but we think about the prospect of obtaining a patent more like writing your own law; one that restricts competition and enhances marketing. If a solid strategy is laid out and followed to see that the patent protection meshes with the overall business plan, and the appropriate care is taken to see that the patent is skillfully drafted, patent protection can pay for itself many times over through increased sales and higher margins. At Shewchuk IP Services, we pride ourselves not on only one or the other, but rather the execution of BOTH strategizing and drafting aspects of patent protection. |
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