Patents protect products. More accurately, patents enable a company to prevent a would-be competitor from producing a product with the same patented features. Some companies realize a significant cash flow from licensing their patents, even after the original products for which the patents were produced are out of production.1
To the extent that a new products has new features that haven’t existed before2, that product can be protected by patents. Company executives with products that are combinations of existing technologies are suprised to learn about their strong patent potential3. DataPlex's patent strategy is to develop the intellectual property at the same time as the product design to maximize patent protection.
Learn more about DataPlex's patent development services.
Read about what happens during a project's patent phase.
For wide ranging patents, DataPlex has a working relationship with Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, LLP, a successful intellectual property law firm based in Irvine, California. By working side by side with KMOB patent attorneys, DataPlex's efficiently produces the necessary technical material leaving legal review and the all important claim writing to savvy legal experts.
1Patents are good for about 20 years.
2The features also have to be non-obvious.
3We estimate more than 80% of patents are extensions of existing technology.
