Intellectual property in our country is protected by a patent. This document secures the copyright of the inventor of an industrial design or utility model and the priority of his / her use. Obtaining a patent is not the easiest thing, therefore, even referring to specialists, it is advisable to know all the stages of this process.
Instruction manual
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Gather documentation that represents a sample of the intellectual property you are patenting. This can be a utility model (that is, a combination of the technical characteristics of its product) or an industrial design (art-design solution or, in modern terms, design). Both requirements are general requirements: novelty and originality. Whether your invention possesses these qualities will be determined by the patent commission.
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Submit your application to the Intellectual Property Executive. In Russia, such documents are managed by the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (Rospatent). Attach a set of industrial design images to the application, giving a complete picture of its design, or drawings of a utility model.
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The application will go through two stages of processing: formal (on the correctness of paperwork) and on the merits. At the second stage, the experts will check how original the sample you provided is whether the competing enterprises produce something similar in a number of ways.
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If you don’t feel like walking the thorny path of communication with Rospatent employees on your own, you can contact one of the many agencies providing patent attorney services. Specialists will analyze the market and find out if similar products are not produced by other companies, how new and original your sample is. This will save time and effort by not filing an application for patenting an obviously unsuitable product under the requirements of Rospatent. In addition, patent attorneys promise to assist in filing applications and documents describing your model or design. Of course, agency services are not free.
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Remember that a patent in itself does not protect you from unauthorized use of your product. But having a document in your hands confirming your authorship and the right to priority use of a model or model of industrial design, you can protect your interests in court.
