Patent Law Topics

If you're looking to be the only one to make and sell any invention you've created, you should consider filing a patent request with the US Patent Office.

Although you should hire an experienced South Carolina patent attorney to help file your paperwork and defend your patent against anyone willing to steal it, you might want to read up on the following topics to make sure you understand the basics.

South Carolina Patent Hot Topics:

• Utility Patents
• Design Patents
• Plant Patents
• Searching for patents
• Protecting your patents
• The Patent Filing Process
• Patent attorneys / Patent agents

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	Did You Know?
	Your invention may already be patented. Public users may perform preliminary searches of patent information in a variety of formats including on-line, microfilm, and print at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Public Search Facility located in Alexandria, VA. State of the art computer workstations provide automated searching of patents issued from 1790 to the current week of issue. Full document text may be searched on U.S. patents issued since 1971 and OCR text from 1920 to 1970. U.S. patent images from 1790 to the present may be retrieved for viewing or printing. Some foreign patent documents are available.