Patent Pretoria application and registration questions are answered below to help aspiring entrepreneurs and inventors understand the patent Pretoria registration process.
If you want to file an invention or classify it so that it can be found easily, what should be included in the classification?
Only refer to the main class rather than specific categories, for instance Electricity, Metallurgy etc.
How can you save on patent Pretoria application costs?
Before you apply for registration, conduct an Internet search to find out if anything has been published on the specific invention. For the application to be successful it must be unique and no information must have been published about it before.
Once you have done the initial Internet research contact intellectual property lawyers to file the application on your behalf. The lawyers will also conduct a database search of applications and registrations to ensure that your invention is indeed novel.
What is a filing strategy?
It is a strategy to guide the applicant through the application process, the securing of funding, and the commercialisation of the invention. Many inventors spend too much time on developing the product before making the provisional application.
Once the provisional application is filed, you can perfect the concept. Without application, you risk finalizing the product just to find out that someone else has already filed an application a month before your application.
Set up a strategy through the assistance of intellectual property lawyers to ensure that your application is on record. This will also ensure that you can file for registration in other countries.
Where can you find legal assistance?
Contact the patent Pretoria team of Smit & Van Wyk to help you through the application process.
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