Resources For Inventors
What is patentable?
Any person who invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent.
A helpful booklet entitled General Information Concerning Patents is available on the USPTO Web site.
Basic questions about the patent process
- Frequently Asked Questions About Patents
- "Patent Process" from lawyers.com
- National Congress of Inventor Organizations - Inventing 101
- USPTO Inventor Resources page
- Answers to questions by inventors - USPTO Online Chat Transcripts
Promoting your invention
- Iowa Small Business Development Centers
- Iowa Department of Economic Development, Business programs and services
- InventHelp
Promotion firm precautions
Patent Application Information
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