Patents

A granted patent gives the owner exclusive rights to a device, substance, method or process which is new, inventive and useful. A patent is granted by government and enables legal action to be taken to prevent copying and unauthorised sales.

In return for these rights, patent applicants must share their know-how by providing a full description of how their invention works. This information becomes public and can provide the basis for further research by others.

The patent specification therefore describes the invention and clearly defines the scope of protection given to the invention. The invention defined must be considered new at the time of filing – any earlier publication, sale, demonstration, use or discussion of the invention before the application was filed will normally prevent the invention from being considered to be new.

A patent does not guarantee commercial success; a great amount of work is needed to take an idea from concept to the marketplace. If inadequate attention is paid to effective business planning, this can lead to commercial failure of the invention.

Our patent services include:

• Advising on the patentability of your invention
• Advising you in relation to your patent strategy
• Professional patent searching
Conducting your own search
• Preparing patent specifications and drawings in many different fields of technology
Our technology groups
• Preparing and filing patent applications
Minimum Australian filing requirements
• Prosecuting patent applications through to grant
• Providing patent infringement advice
• Patent portfolio management
Our Client Workbench
• Monitoring your competitors’ patent applications
• Opposing your competitors’ patent applications
• Monitoring and paying renewal fees on your behalf
• Many other services – please contact us for a free initial consultation

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