Illinois Patent Attorney
A patent can protect an invention. Patents can be extremely complicated and patent applications are involved. They require the assistance of an experienced patent lawyer.
If you have an idea and want protection, the intellectual property Law Office of Mathew R. P. Perrone, Jr., can help. If your idea is not patentable, we will let you know immediately. Contact an Algonquin, Illinois, patent attorney to learn whether your idea can be protected.
The patent laws offer protection for the following classes of invention:
- Articles of manufacture
- Machines
- Composition of matter
- A process for making one of those three things
- A new and useful improvement on one or more of those classes
Patents are also awarded on asexually produced plants and decorative articles.
Anything publicly disclosed or on display for more than one year is unpatentable by law. Based on instinct and experience, we may not know whether the invention is patentable without a search. Good places to start your own search are USPTO.gov and Google.com/Patent.
It is very difficult to patent an idea. If nobody else has done it before, or if nobody else has done something so close to it as to make it obvious, you may be able to get a patent on it. If you can obtain a patent for an idea, you have the legal right to stop others from making, using or selling that idea for a period of time. Patents are not renewable. They do expire, and one cannot sue on an expired patent.
Patents and copyrights are enforced in federal court. If somebody copies your patented idea, as the patent holder you have a right to file a lawsuit in federal court and possibly receive court costs, an award of attorney's fees and punitive damages in addition to normal damages. The punishment can be as much as three times the damages proved.
To attempt to file for a patent on your own without the help of an experienced patent attorney is to risk problems including loss of potential profit. Contact the Law Office of Mathew R. P. Perrone, Jr., today for a free consultation.
Located in Algonquin, IL, the Law Office of Mathew R. P. Perrone, Jr., serves clients in Algonquin, Lake in the Hills, Cary, Fox River Grove, Carpentersville, West Dundee, Barrington, Crystal Lake, Lake Zurich, Hoffman Estates, Palatine, Arlington Heights, Woodstock, Oakwood Hills, Island Lake, Wauconda, Prairie Grove, Bull Valley, Huntley, McHenry, Marengo, Elgin, Belvidere, Waukegan, Sycamore, Geneva, McHenry County, Boone County, Lake County, DeKalb County and Kane County, Illinois.Free 20-Minute, In-Office Consultation ∙ Evening/Weekend Hours by Appointment
Law Office of Mathew R. P. Perrone, Jr.
Mathew Perrone
Brie A. Crawford
Attorneys at Law
Patent Lawyers
210 South Main Street
Algonquin, IL 60102-2639
Phone: 847-658-5140
Toll-free: 866-458-5140
Fax: 847-658-1088