Things you should know before you file your first patent.
In this article, I will walk you through the things you need to take care of before you file your patent.
As a new inventor one is excited about the invention and probably dreaming up of signing up lucrative licensing agreements of the patents, maybe even succession of market capturing products developed using the invention. But before one goes off to patent the invention or even a patent agent, here are a few things to consider.
First: Is the invention patentable?
You might think every invention is patentable, after all it is an invention. Patents can be granted only for inventions in certain areas permitted by the patent law in the country you are filing in. Inventions need to fulfill certain criteria to be patentable:
Non-obvious to someone skilled in the art