If there was no legal way to protect a new idea then what would be the incentive to innovate? Sometimes a product can be protected as a trade secret but this does not happen very often. Could you imagine Apple marketing the I-pad without first protecting it? Creating America’s patent system was high on the agenda of our founding fathers.

A patent protects a new product from counterfeiting. The claims on a registered patent protect a new protect from infringement in case someone else decides to design a similar product. Recently, DuPont won a patent infringement case against a South Korean company and was awarded $130 million dollars.

If you plan on selling an idea to a manufacturer then you are on a fool’s errand. Manufacturers don’t purchase ideas. Industrialists will usually insist that your invention is protected with a patent. Without patent rights they have no guarantee that the ownership rights of the product have been granted to you. Do you seriously believe that manufacturers and corporations are going to commit their resources if the product cannot be protected from counterfeiters??

Provisional Patents provide inventors with a way to seek protection for their idea concepts. How to get Provisional Patent protection is part of the mission of United Patent Research. At United Patent Research they review lots of invention ideas. They provide full service access to a talented team of registered patent attorneys, bonded patent illustrators, technical writers, marketing experts, and engineers. This is the kind of coordinated team effort that is required to turn an invention into a product that can be mass produced and distributed in nation-wide markets.

More in formation concerning the patenting process and how to Provisional Patent an idea is available on the United Patent Research website at www.unitedpatentresearch.com