{"id":39,"date":"2012-08-07T19:06:53","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T19:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howtoprovisionalpatent.com\/?p=39"},"modified":"2012-08-07T19:06:53","modified_gmt":"2012-08-07T19:06:53","slug":"what-is-a-patent-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.howtoprovisionalpatent.com\/?p=39","title":{"rendered":"What Is A  Patent For?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The word \u201cpatent\u201d is practically synonymous with \u201cinvention.\u201d\u00a0When you think of the word \u201cinvention\u201d the next word that comes to mind is \u201cpatent.\u201d So what is a \u201cutility patent?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A utility patent protects the intrinsic working mechanism of a new invention. A design patent, on the other hand, protects the design or aesthetic aspects of an invention. Sometimes a utility and a design patent are needed. For example suppose you have invented a more efficient cooling system for an air conditioner. The mechanical components that provide more efficient cooling would be protected with a utility patent. Now suppose that you also invented a stylish console design for your new air conditioner. The novel aspects of your new design would be protected with a design patent.<\/p>\n<p>It is best to get the opinion of a <a href=\"http:\/\/bigsight.org\/united_patent_research_ltd\">registered patent attorney<\/a> regarding whether your invention is unique enough to qualify for patent protection. A patent attorney can also help you decide what type of patent protection should be obtained. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.protectaproduct.net\/html\/protection.html\">How to Provisional Patent<\/a> an idea may also be worth considering. Provisional patents are part of the armamentarium of legal instruments that help to protect new ideas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.protectaproduct.net\/blog\">United Patent Research<\/a> is a patent company that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.protectaproduct.net\/blog\">reviews<\/a> lots of different ideas in lots of different product categories. They have a unique step-by step approach for fast tracking patented ideas to corporations and manufacturers.<\/p>\n<p>You can learn more about Provisional Patent protection and product promotion by visiting the web site for United Patent Research at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedpatentresearch.com\/\">www.unitedpatentresearch.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The word \u201cpatent\u201d is practically synonymous with \u201cinvention.\u201d\u00a0When you think of the word \u201cinvention\u201d the next word that comes to mind is \u201cpatent.\u201d So what is a \u201cutility patent?\u201d A utility patent protects the intrinsic working mechanism of a new &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtoprovisionalpatent.com\/?p=39\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.howtoprovisionalpatent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.howtoprovisionalpatent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.howtoprovisionalpatent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.howtoprovisionalpatent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.howtoprovisionalpatent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.howtoprovisionalpatent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41,"href":"http:\/\/www.howtoprovisionalpatent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions\/41"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.howtoprovisionalpatent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.howtoprovisionalpatent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.howtoprovisionalpatent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}