Intellectual property in our country is protected by a patent. This document secures the copyright of the inventor of an industrial design or utility model and the priority of his / her use. Obtaining a patent is not the easiest thing, therefore, even when turning to specialists, it is advisable to know all the stages of this process.
Instructions
Step 1
Gather the documentation representing the sample intellectual property you are patenting. It can be a utility model (that is, a set of technical characteristics of its product) or an industrial design (an artistic design solution or, in modern terms, design). General requirements are imposed on both of them: novelty and originality. Whether your invention possesses these qualities will be determined by the Patent Commission.
Step 2
Submit your application to the Intellectual Property Executive. In Russia, such documents are in charge of the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (Rospatent). Attach to the application a set of images of the industrial design giving a complete picture of its design, or drawings of the utility model.
Step 3
The application will go through two stages of processing: formal (for the correct execution of documents) and in essence. At the second stage, experts will check how original the sample you provided is, whether competing enterprises produce something similar in a number of ways.
Step 4
If you do not want to follow the thorny path of communication with Rospatent employees on your own, you can contact one of the many agencies that provide patent attorney services. Experts will conduct a market analysis and find out if similar products are released by other companies, how new and original your sample is. This will save time and effort without filing a patent application for a product that is obviously inappropriate for the requirements of Rospatent. In addition, patent attorneys promise to assist in filing the application and documents describing your model or design. Of course, agency services are not free.
