Invention is a technical solution, which must meet three requirements: it must be novel, involve an inventive step and must be capable of industrial application. The most of the new ideas usually meet the third requirement, and it’s quite easy to evaluate it. However for evaluation of the first two requirements it is necessary to perform full scale technical level analysis. According to the Patent law of the Republic of Lithuania, the experts of the State Patent Bureau do not perform this analysis. Therefore the risk that the issued patent will be weak and easily cancelled is great. We help the inventors to perform search of patents in worldwide patent databases and to evaluate if the invention is patentable so the inventors could avoid registration of week patents. The experience shows that only one third of all ideas meets all three requirements and is worth of investment.
Having great net of partners around the world and great experience filling and dealing with PCT (Patent cooperation treaty) applications and European patent applications we can offer our clients complete spectrum of patent related services:
• analysis, whether inventions are patentable, i.e. whether invention is technical and can be patented, whether invention is new, involve an inventive step and is capable of industrial application;
• preparation of documents for registration of inventions in Lithuania, the EU and in other countries; preparation of international and European patent applications;
• paying of patent maintenance fees;
• preparation and registration of invention license, assignment agreements;
• representation of client’s interests in disputes regarding patent legal protection; |