Patent It Yourself

Additional Patent It Yourself Information

Patent attorney and former patent examiner David Pressman takes you, step-by-step and in plain English, through the entire patent process, from conducting a patent search to filing a successful application.

Patent It Yourself covers:

* documenting the invention process * successful marketing strategies * foreign patent rights * assigning and licensing your invention to others * infringement * and much more

Patent It Yourself also includes information on the Provisional Patent Application process, has an expanded business-method patent section, and discusses the 18 month publication of patents -- and how to avoid it. It also provides all the necessary forms and instructions you need.

Whether you're new at the inventing game or a grizzled veteran, Patent It Yourself will save you grief, time, and most importantly, money.

What Customers Say About Patent It Yourself:

This is my 3rd additionn. Have 4 patents with the 1st two and purchased this addition to get the latest Patent Office changes and some additoanl information. Pressman knows his stuff and presents it so you can prepare your patent. It is not easy but if you follow his recomendations you will have a quality document.He shows how to serch exisiting patents which is a necessary early step.Recommend it highly.

This book is an excellent source book for inventors rather you plan to go through the process of patenting it yourself or hiring it done. It is an excellent step-by-step how-to-guide that gives you a tremendous understanding on what to do, what to look for and what to look out for. A must read for Inventors.

I wish we have bought this book when we applied to our first patent. Very easy to understand - better than having a lawyer.

I hold six patents but my newest patent is 18 years old so I needed guidance in drafting a new patent under current patent law. I found David Pressman's book to be very well written a thoroughly up-to-date. I highly recommend it.

Patent It Yourself is not quite enough to confidently proceed and do it all by yourself (no book is), but getting the book and reading it will save you lots of time & money when and if you to go a patent agent or patent attorney. THE place to start learning how to get a patent. I started out drafting my own applications using PIY under the guidance of a retired patent attorney, and soon enough learned to do it properly & confidently on my own, ultimately as a patent professional myself. I bought this book many editions back when I started patenting stuff for myself. I am now a registered Patent Agent, but still refer to the current edition of Patent it Yourself, and recommend it to clients. However: if you are really serious about it, also get a current copy of the PTO's official Manual of Patent Examining Procedure which can be down-loaded for free as pdf files from the PTO website. For points of patent law important to your case, it is good to go back to the source for the full story in addition to the brief, practical exposition in PIY.