The National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) allows you to register your invention on your own. However, if you hire a patent specialist, you will save time, save money and have no problems. The time to record something you’ve worked so hard to create is not the best time to be proactive. Whoever decides to do everything alone usually makes a mistake. In some cases, he even delivers the patent he wanted to own to the market for free. In this article, we’ll tell you how Iplatam file patents. If you have any questions, you already know: click here and ask your question. The consultancy is FREE!
Why hire a patent specialist?
Hiring a patent specialist is not a whim. Often, the inventor develops a solution, but does not know exactly what technical problem it solves, what market need it meets. The Iplatam professional will analyze the market and technologies that already exist in this segment, in order to understand how the new solution differentiates itself and what it protects.
The patent report must not be conceptual or too broad. Simply put, it is not a document to philosophize on. A clear, consistent and precise claim must be presented. It is not to explain “WHAT” the new solution does, but “HOW” it does it.
You can hire a patent expert to beat red tape!
The granting of patents in Brazil has grown in recent years. Competition has increased and the inventor cannot go wrong. Therefore, it is best to have the assistance of someone who deeply understands the INPI bureaucracy. The report that makes the patent grant application has very strict rules on font size, spacing, margin and list of illustrative figures. There are complex rules on how to fill out the claims table, how to title the claim and even the number of paragraphs.
What will happen if you don’t hire a patent expert?
It is very likely that you will make mistakes, and a single mistake will make the INPI point out insufficiencies in the report and demand changes. Whenever this happens, you will have to pay new fees. You will lose money.
Another risk is not properly surrounding the scope of the patent. The Iplatam specialist, whom you can meet by clicking here and asking for a free consultancy, knows exactly what to claim. Without it, you will ask for less than you owe, losing your chance to increase patent protection or, on the contrary, it will ask for more than it can, confronting another existing patent, and its application will be rejected.
Without hiring a patent specialist, you could even lose your invention!
Without the advice of an experienced professional, you already understand that you will make mistakes and these failures will delay the process. The INPI is not known for its agility, that is, it will be months or years in which its rights will be unprotected, and in which a lighter and better-oriented competitor will be able to file a similar patent, solving the same technical problem. You will be out of the market.
Maybe none of that happens, and even so, other companies make money from your invention. After closing the report, YOU WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THE PATENT ONCE and it will be published and can be consulted by anyone. If the documentation is fragile, and your rights are not well protected, the content will be considered “state of the art”. In layman’s language, it will be in the public domain. Everyone can profit from its creation.
See an example patent report!
A few years ago, Iplatam was hired by a company that developed an application for recharging a single ticket. Until then, users could only place credit on their card at fixed points of sale. Here are some questions that the report needed to answer to prove that the solution solved the problem of lack of mobility in recharging:
– On which platforms does trading take place?
– How is transaction authentication done?
– How is service availability guaranteed?
– How does encryption prevent personal data from being hacked?
– How is the application approved in virtual stores and made available for download?
– What makes/types/models of smartphones does the app work on?
Understand: in this case, the “QUE” is a solution for public transport users to recharge the single ticket using their cell phone. But the report needs to answer dozens of “HOW”. The questions above are just a summary. Very short!
When hiring a patent specialist, what will be the deadline for completion?
Here at Iplatam, writing the report requires a 30-hour effort. The average customer interaction period is two weeks. In other words, these 30 hours will be spread over 15 days, when the document will finally be completed.
After the application is delivered to the INPI, the patent will remain confidential for 18 months. Nothing will happen in this period. Finally, at the end of the term, the patent will be published and opened to inquiries from third parties. Then, we will ask an INPI technician to analyze whether or not the solution is patentable.
The average term for approval is 6 to 8 years and the patent owner will be able to explore it alone for 20 years, counting from the delivery of the initial report. It is a lengthy process, but this is not unique to Brazil. In the United States, for example, the average is a little lower, but nothing that satisfies those in a hurry: 3 years.
How to hire a patent specialist?
iplatam has a technical team formed by lawyers and engineers specialized in patents, with countless solutions approved by the INPI. Count on our experience in favor of your company. To hire a patent specialist, click here!
