Sep
10
Written by:
Bonnie Griffin Kaake
9/10/2008 5:49 PM
Inventors owe their gratitude to the USPTO and Harry Moatz, Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline. No more can anyone other than the inventor himself/herself or a patent agent or attorney registered with the USPTO prepare the paperwork or file the applications. There have been so many inventors harmed by invention promoters and others who are not working in the best interests of inventors regarding intellectual property protection. I heard of another such case today; a company charged an inventor thousands of dollars to do a patent search which didn’t even include an opinion of patentability. To make matters worse, this same company refused to tell the inventor who did the work. My advice to inventors is that they NEVER work with anyone other than directly with a patent agent or patent attorney to do this legal work for them! Furthermore, if a company suggests that they do this for inventors, take this as a clear sign to stay clear of that company for any of its services.
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