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When is it necessary to rely on an expert in the patent field?

When you are looking for help to file your invention
When you want to understand how to patent your app or software idea
When you need to know if your idea has already been patented
If you want to patent an educational method or a teaching platform
When you want to know if it is possible to patent a recipe or a food product
If you created a method or a technical apparatus and you want to protect it
If you need to patent a chemical substance, a pharmaceutical product or process.

Fill out the form above and start protecting your invention right now.

You will be guided step-by-step in the filing procedure to avoid mistakes or procedural delays.

Once obtained, your patent will allow you to exclude other subjects from the realization, use, distribution or selling of the invention protected and to obtain great advantages.

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File a patent application with Ufficiobrevetti.it: the benefits of a strategic decision

Patenting an invention is extremely important to add value to your idea and to all the groundwork which allowed you to create it. Unfortunately, it happens that, due to a lack of protection, one sees a work of a lifetime go up in smoke. Like those situations where the interested subjects are not able to gain what they deserve because they did not protect their own invention appropriately.

Just think about what in many ways is considered the invention of the 1800’s: the telephone. The genius invention of the telephone is due to Antonio Meucci, but he relied on a temporary registration of the patent, without renewing it. He was then superpassed by Alexander Graham Bell, who was legally credited as inventor.

1.2 What are the risks of patenting independently?

It is not only mandatory to patent an idea, but it is important to do it in the right way. This aspect is not trivial: often creative minds, focused on their ideas, are not able to unravel the bureaucratic parts of the work.

For this reason, in order to seize the fruits of their own intuitions, the inventor must have an entrepreneurial mindset or be guided in the patenting process by someone with an entrepreneurial attitude.

Do not let your ideas go unguarded, rely on the experts of ufficiobrevetti.it and let us guide you step-by-step in the registration of your patent.

What is the right time to patent an invention?

There is only one way to defend your ideas, once you are sure about their disruptive and innovative reach in the industrial field: file a patent application and do it before anyone else.

The answer to the question asked in the title is very simple: start the filing procedure as soon as you are able to do so and you have chosen the right expert in the field able to advise you in detail to produce the necessary documents for the patent.

Once the patent is filed, you can finally enter the market confidently and give commercial value to your idea.

How long does it take to protect one’s invention?

The entire process is rather long, as the offices in charge take 9 months to give a novelty opinion, and the actual registration is granted in a couple of years.

Nevertheless, the invention is protected since the date of the filing of the application. The filing date is the aspect that matters also to prevail over others in case they want to patent the same invention.

Do not wait any longer and rely on our experts who will take care of the drafting of the patent: we will proceed with the filing of your patent application in just a couple of months.

What do you obtain with the filing of your patent?

The patent allows you to obtain great strategic advantages and to benefit from a series of very important rights.

Some of the advantages of a patent registration are:

The exclusive right on the invention

The owner of the patent obtains the right to create the invention and gain from it. This means that s/he can ban others from producing, using, marketing, selling or importing the product object of the invention.

Right of economic exploitation

The patent, moreover, allows its owner to acquire the exclusive right to economically exploit it.

Once you have obtained your patent, you may choose how to use it or commercially exploit it to develop your project or reach your business goals. You may decide, for example, to sell it, assign it, or license its use in exchange for royalties.

The patent represents a precious economic asset for a company. If leveraged strategically, it can drive your growth in the market.

What are the requirements for filing a patent?

The requirements for filing a patent are essentially three:

Novelty: the invention must be new in an absolute way. This means that it must not have been produced or patented before anywhere in the world.
Inventive activity: the patent, beside being new, must also be inventive: it must represent a step forward compared to the current state of the art.
Industrial application: the patent must be able to be reproduced at industrial level. This means that the object of the patent can be produced, manufactured or used in any type of industry.

Oftentimes an idea seemingly trivial and lacking of inventive character may result in an idea out of the ordinary. By relying on ufficiobrevetti.it for a patent consultation you will be able to understand the value of your idea and to evaluate the level of novelty and the technical-industrial applicability.

Types of Patent

There are two types of patent: industrial invention and the utility model.

The industrial invention is intended as an innovative solution to a technical problem which has never been solved before, whereas the utility model represents an improvement of an already existing object.

Type of patent	What does it protect	Validity	Duration
Invention	Innovative solution to a technical problem	In the Country where it is filed	20 years
Utility Model	Ameliorative modification of an already existing object	Only in Italy and other few countries	10 years

Software Patent: secure your software application

In some cases, the patent can protect a software. It can be a very important protection for new and innovative software which allows to generate a “technical effect”.

As a first step, it is essential to verify with an expert the possibility of proceeding with a patent, which would enable to get the strongest protection for the software.

In addition, the software can benefit from other types of protection: from the design registration to protect its graphic interfaces, to the deposit of the copyright to protect the source code and finally to the registration of the trademark to protect the logo and/or name of the software.

File a patent with Ufficiobrevetti.it: 5 steps

Our experts follow a strict method to offer you the best service possible. Our service of patent filing is made up of 5 steps:

Consultation

Preliminary and essential step: it allows to understand the actual patentability of the invention.

Formalization of the assignment

Once the patentability has been verified, it will be possible to formalize the assignment. In order to proceed, our experts will need a technical report and drawings related to the invention.

Drafting of the patent

At this point, our engineer and Patent Attorney will prepare one or more drafts of the patent. This step is crucial, as it allows to define in detail the protection of the patent.

Definition of the final text

At this stage, the last doubts are dissolved and the final version of the patent application is agreed upon.

Filing

Lastly, we proceed with the filing of the patent application. Our experts will take care of the procedure, constantly tracking the status and updating you regarding deadlines.