Patent It Yourself: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Filing at the U.S. Patent Office

Protect and profit from your invention ASAP!

For almost 40 years, this all-in-one guide has been helping inventors anticipate and overcome hurdles to patentability, write a clear patent application, prepare patent drawings of inventions, and complete all forms required by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Completely updated to include the latest filing rules, Patent It Yourself also shows you how to protect your rights in foreign countries, deal with infringers, and market and license your invention.

• conduct a patent search the right way
• evaluate your idea's commercial potential
• file a provisional patent application to get "patent pending" status
• prepare a patent application
• focus on your patent application's claims
• respond to patent examiners
• get your drawings done right
• protect your rights in foreign countries
• deal with infringers, and
• market and license your invention.

With downloadable forms: All essential forms, including a Nondisclosure Agreement, Patent Searcher's Worksheet, and Design Patent Application are included in the book and are available for download (details inside).