Things You Should Know About Inventions and Public
                     Things You Should Know About Inventions and 
Public Disclosure
Why Should You Patent Your Invention
An invention is a method or device, composition, system, process or method that 
is novel, inventive and useful, in a technology that is considered patentable. If 
your invention is a business bottleneck or technological junction, then it’s 
worthwhile patenting. In other words,if your competitors need your patented 
invention in order to develop their own technology and in order to compete with 
you effectively, then it’s valuable to your business. 
When do You need to evaluate Your inventions and 
potential patents?
Equally important is that to be patentable, your invention needs to be sufficiently 
‘inventive’ when compared to the ‘state of the art.’ That means that even if no 
one else has already filed a patent application for the same or similar invention, 
any publicly available information, including posted digital content, or in 
magazines, newspapers, and press releases, anywhere in the world, can be used 
by patent examiners to reject a patent application or by a Court to invalidate a 
granted patent. 
About Public Disclosure
Knowledge is power. Providing knowledge to someone who could potentially 
use this knowledge for his or her own benefit is giving your power away. It can 
also make it impossible for you to obtain patent protection for an invention 
which has been disclosed, a fully drafted patent application has been filed 
before public disclosure of the invention. An exception to this rule is in the 
United States, which provides a limited grace period of one year following the 
date of public disclosure during which a  patent application can still be filed 
without harm from the disclosure.
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