Filing a patent application: your expert guides in Milan
At Brevetti Digiovanni Schmiedt, we offer complete assistance with filing a patent application, making the most of your projects and preserving them. At our offices in Milan, our expert and highly competent consultants will provide you with the most suitable solutions to patent the object of your idea through the services illustrated below.
The importance of originality
Before filing a patent application, it is necessary to evaluate the originality of the proposed technical solution, which must not already be found in the state of the art when the application is filed.
It is essential that the invention possess the requirement of inventive height, that is, the inventor must have made an intellectual effort that goes beyond the basic combination of recognized concepts.
Patenting before marketing
Another aspect of fundamental importance is that a patent must be applied for before marketing the invention or proposing it to companies in the sector. This is for 3 reasons:
- First, the presentation of the invention not protected by a pending patent could result in a disclosure that would make subsequent patenting impossible due to the lack of novelty requirement
- Secondly, patent protection would prevent a company interested in the invention from producing and marketing it without the authorization of the patent holder in the countries where the patent is protected.
Don't rely on 'do it yourself' filing
At Brevetti Digiovanni Schmiedt, we do not overlook any detail, which is we advise you not to file a do-it-yourself patent application. If not written properly, you risk disclosing the invention without any patent protection.
