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

Protect and profit from your invention

For over 30 years, Patent It Yourself has guided hundreds of thousands of inventors through the process of getting a patent, from start to finish. Patent attorneys David Pressman and David E. Blau provide the latest information, forms, and clear instructions to help you:

• 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.
  

The 19th edition covers the latest implications of the first-to-file rules created by the America Invents Act.

For over 30 years, this bestselling, all-on-one guide has been explaining how to evaluate hurdles to patentability, write a clear patent application, prepare patent drawings of your invention, conduct a patent search online, and complete all forms required by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The 19th edition includes the latest implications of recent patent law reforms.