Inventor Start Kit offers a free invention information, free inventor information, or free patent and trademark information to help inventors with the invention process. ISK’s invention information and inventor information assists and directs you the inventor through the steps in the Invention Process, to record or document your invention, perform product research, perform a preliminary patent search, protect your confidential information with an NDA […]

By performing a patent search, utilizing free invention kit, your aim is to discover if any patents or published patent applications are in existence, which may affect or limit the scope of your patent application. Based on the patent search results you can determine whether or not your invention is patentable. You need to know if your invention, utilizing the free invention kit, is already patented (issued as a patent) or is in the process of being considered to be eligible to be patented (published patent application) […]

A provisional patent application for patent is a lower-cost U.S. patent application for patent filed in the United States Patent Office (USPTO). A provisional patent application allows filing without formal drawings, an oath or declaration, a formal patent claim, or any information disclosure (prior art) statement. In addition, the provisional patent is not examined by the USPTO but allows the term “Patent Pending” to be applied in connection with the description of the invention […]

With every invention idea you need an Invention Process to step each idea through to test the feasability, marketability, and protectability of your invention […]

To be refused registration on the Principal Register, a mark must be merely descriptive or deceptively misdescriptive of the goods or services to which it relates. A mark is considered merely descriptive if it describes an ingredient, quality, characteristic, function, feature, purpose, or use of the specified goods or services […]

For example John Deere has trademarked the distinct shade of Green for their farm equipment line and Coke has trademarked the distinct shade of Red for its cola products. These colors are a crucial branding or product identifier for these companies and companies trademark the distinct color or color combinations to identify their products in the market place […]

If you are using a particular word, graphic, phrase or slogan of Band Name or Artist Name, you can trademark it to prevent any other artist form using it without your permission. For example, the mark “Rolling Stones” is a registered trademark for “live musical performer…., entertainment…”. A Band Name or Artist Name trademark entitles the owner of the trademark to stop others from using their mark or a similar mark on a specific goods & services without their permission. See additional requirements below […]

If the geographic term is not a separable element or if none of the additional matter that makes up the composite mark is inherently distinctive (e.g., it is merely descriptive or incapable), then the examining attorney must refuse registration of the entire mark on the Principal Register pursuant to §2(e)(2) […]