What is a patent, and what is the point of having a UK patent? In the first of our series of Bitesize blogs about UK patents, we discuss: What is a patent and what is the point of having a UK patent? What is a patent? A patent is a form of intellectual property right...
How long does it take to get a patent? We are often asked, how long does it take to get a patent? And the answer is not as straightforward as you might think. It varies country-by-country, but in the UK, it can take anything from 21 months to 4 years to process a...
Is it safe to tell people about my invention? I am often asked, when is it safe to tell people about my invention? Along with, who can I tell? What is to stop them from stealing my ideas? How can I raise funds or market interest if I can’t tell...
the Unitary Patent and the UPC Introduction The European Patent Convention currently allows an applicant to seek patent protection in the 38 EPC Member States via a single European patent application which, once granted, can be validated in any or all of those...
Patent Searching Every year, hundreds of thousands of patent applications are published globally and, as a searchable collection, published patent specifications hold a wealth of commercially-useful, as well as scientifically-valuable, information. Whether you want to...
