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Secure a U.S. Patent
October 13th, 2009
An ounce of invention is worth a pound of paperwork
Imagine you design a better mousetrap, then someone else builds and sells it--and keeps all the profits. You can prevent this from happening by securing a patent, ensuring you reap the rewards of your own ingenuity.The United States' Founding Fathers believed so strongly in the right to patent inventions that they enshrined it in the Constitution. Of course, pursuing that right takes work, determination, and money. But the long-term benefits can be huge.A patent grants an inventor the exclusive right to profit from his or her invention for a limited period. During that time, no one can use the invention for profit without asking (or buying) permission from the inventor. In general, the inventor
Imagine you design a better mousetrap, then someone else builds and sells it--and keeps all the profits. You can prevent this from happening by securing a patent, ensuring you reap the rewards of your own ingenuity.The United States' Founding Fathers believed so strongly in the right to patent inventions that they enshrined it in the Constitution. Of course, pursuing that right takes work, determination, and money. But the long-term benefits can be huge.A patent grants an inventor the exclusive right to profit from his or her invention for a limited period. During that time, no one can use the invention for profit without asking (or buying) permission from the inventor. In general, the inventor
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