You have seen commercials and advertisements offering to assist patenting your idea.  However, contrary to popular belief, ideas, by themselves, cannot be patented.  The idea is...

Even though it is no longer as easy to get a software patent in the U.S., software is still patent-eligible. Generally speaking, a software patent refers to a patent directed to a...

The USPTO has prepared interim guidelines for determining patent eligibility in view of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions, including Alice, Mayo, Myriad, and Bilski. These guide...

The recent Myriad U.S. Supreme Court decision has limited the patentability of biotechnology and life sciences inventions. In light of the Myriad decision, the USPTO has institute...

At Traverse Legal, PLC we seek to provide strategic patenting advice in a cost-effective manner. For this reason, we begin with an Initial Patent Assessment project to learn about...