Patents
and Patent Searches
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Special
Offer for Next 10 Clients: Real
Utility Patent Application $3,495
Including a Complete Patent Search, less than half the cost of other
patent firms.
Free
Patent Search Offer for Next 10 Clients:
Free patent search with your patent application.
This is a complete patent search of all related classes
and subclasses for all years from the beginning of the patent system
to the present.
FREE CONSULTATION:
Email: dm@1st-patents.com
or Call 800-434-6297 from 1-6 PM East Coast Time
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Now Utility Patent Application and Patent Search
for $3,495
A complete professional patent search
is performed including searching all related
classes and subclasses including all years from the beginning of the
patent system to the present, with a full search report and copies
of related patents. (NOTE:
other search services performing only word searches, including concept
words, only go back to 1975 and if the same words are not used as
someone has used in their patent, that patent will be missed.)
Other patent firms charge at least $1200 to $2000 for a search and
$8,000 to $16,000 for a patent application. But if you act now
and are one of the next ten clients, you get:
- Free patent search
with your paid utility patent application (details)
- Patent application special only
$3,495 (details)
- Free Consultation
with Don Meeker (over 30 years of experience)
Low Overhead = Low Cost: I have been a registered
patent agent for over 30 years and have written and prosecuted hundreds
of patent applications successfully. My fees are low because I keep
my overhead low. I work at home. I do not have to cover the cost of
fancy law offices and large staffs. These savings are passed along
to you.
The way the special works is that a $495 search fee is paid,
the search performed, and the search results sent to you within a
week. If the search turns out well and you wish me to proceed with
the patent application, the $495 search fee is deducted from the patent
fee of $4495 ($4495 - 495= $4000 balance). An advance of half the
balance is paid ($2000), the patent application is written including
the drawings and sent to you usually within three weeks. Any necessary
changes are made and upon your approval of the application, the balance
($2000) and Filing Fees ($545) are paid and the patent application
is filed. The status is then Patent Pending.
Chance to take action on your invention - You now have the
opportunity to take action to protect your invention and get it
into the market place before someone else beats you to it. Act
now to move forward with your idea.
For complex mechanical and electromechanical inventions
the special price for the patent application
and patent search is only $5,495 for the next 10 clients
plus the Filing Fees of $545.
For complex system inventions the special price
for the patent application and patent search
is only $6,495 for the next ten clients, plus the Filing
Fees of $545.
For design patents the special price for a
design patent application is only $1595 for the next ten clients,
plus the Filing Fees of $230.
You can choose from the following
options depending on your situation:
- Click here to start
the patent search today.
- Click here after we have
performed a successful search for you to get your Spceial patent
application: $3,000 ($495 patent
search fee subtracted from the $3,495 special price) for a simple
mechanical invention, $4,000 ($495
patent search fee subtracted from the $4,495 special price) for
a complex mechanical invention or electromechanical invention, or
$5,000 ($495 patent search fee subtracted
from the $5,495 special price) patent application for a complex
system invention. In addition, the Patent Office charges Filing/Search/Examination
Fees of $545.
- Click here if you have
already completed your own patent search and want a
Special patent application: $3,295
for a simple mechanical invention, $4,295
for a complex mechanical invention or electromechanical invention,
or $5,295 for a complex system invention.
In addition, the Patent Office charges Utility Patent Filing/Search/Examination
Fees of $545.
- Click here to start
a design patent for the special price of $1595
plus the Design Patent Filing/Search/Examination Fees of $230.
Click here to go up to the index
to get to more information about patents and about our services.
Global
Network of Patent Attorneys & Agents
Welcome to 1st Patents at Don Meeker Associates
.com,
Through our web site you have access
to a global network of registered Patent Attorneys and Agents. Together
we have many years of experience and can write very effective patents
to provide US and foreign patent protection for your invention.
We provide confidential, efficient, expert service and specialize
in patents. Normally, US residents file for a patent in the US and
then proceed with foreign filings after the foreign filing license
is granted within two months of the US filing date.
My name is Don Meeker, currently located in
New York City and Newport Beach, California. Since 1978, I have been
registered to practice with the US Patent and Trademark Office as
a patent agent. Patent agents and patent attorneys are both members
of the Patent Bar. The main difference between patent attorneys and
agents is that the patent agents specialize in patent applications
and searches exclusively, while the patent attorneys generally spend
half their time in court or working on business matters.
With over twenty-five years experience, I feel that
I offer expert service, while keeping the client relationship friendly
and personalized. I charge a flat fee for preparing and filing
patent applications in addition to the Patent Office Filing/Search/Examination
Fees with no hourly consultation fees or charges for phone calls
or other extra charges.
My clients are located all over the US. With emails,
faxes, 800 numbers, and overnight mail delivery it is easy to work
with clients in distant locations and provide fast efficient service.
I have an engineering degree and have created patents in many diverse
technologies including: transportation, heating, building repair,
tools, photography, medical equipment, electrical connectors, boating,
camping, games, toys, music accessories, entertainment equipment,
optical devices, sports equipment, furniture, plumbing, computer accessories,
and many others.
Seeing new inventions in very interesting to me and
I usually find it very easy to understand new technologies to prepare
very strong patents. If I can be of service to you in protecting your
invention, I will look forward to working with you.
Remember, time is very important in securing a patent.
Protect your invention now before someone else gets the same idea
and beats you to it. Many, many clients tell me that they had an idea,
but someone else beat them to it before they protected the idea and
brought it to market themselves. Don't miss out on another opportunity.
Contact me now to protect your invention.
Best of luck with your invention,
Don Meeker
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Confidential
Submission of Your Ideas
All information submitted will be viewed
in strict confidence and only used by members of our network
for the sole purpose of performing the services you request. No information
or ideas submitted to us will be revealed to others or used in any
way for personal gain.
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Serving clients all over the world
No matter where you are located, you will find
it easy for us to work together on your patents and patent searches
with emails, faxes, my 800 number, and overnight mail delivery.
My clients are located all over the US and in some foreign countries.
You are always assured of fast efficient service.
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Client testimonials
for my services for patents and patent searches:
"Don Meeker has acquired two patents
for Chiptec. He is faster, cheaper, more efficient, and more successful
than any other path we have examined. His knowledge, experience
and contacts within the Patent Bar, serve him and us, very well."
- Bob Bender - Chiptec Wood Energy Systems
http://www.chiptec.com
Patent # 5,279,234 BIOMASS GASIFICATION HEATING SYSTEM
"I have been deeply impressed by Don
Meeker's extraordinary patent work. He showed tremendous insight,
ingenuity, care, and integrity in all phases of preparing the
(highly successful) patent application for my reflective visual
effects system. In addition to his considerable skills in conducting
patent searches and writing effective patent applications, Don
is also one of the most patient and considerate people I've ever
worked with in any capacity."
- Herbert L. Leff, Ph.D. - UVM http:www.1st-sculptures.com
Patent # 6,080,067 - KINETIC VISUAL EFFECTS DEVICE
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Patent Information
- What a Patent Is and What It Does for You
A US Patent allows you to license your invention
idea, it is like the deed to the ranch in a sense. Without it
you have nothing to offer a company unless your technology can be
kept secret and provide protection as a trade secret.
The patent gives the inventor, or a company licensing
or buying the patent rights from the inventor, the right to exclude
others from making, using, or selling the patented invention for a
period of twenty years from the filing date of the utility patent
application.
What May Be Patented
Patents may be obtained on new and useful inventions
which are not obvious in view of previous patents or public technology.
Patents are of three different types based on the nature of the invention
and type of protection desired:
- Utility Patent: New and useful process,
machine, manufacture (product), or composition of matter or any
new and useful improvements thereof which must not be obvious in
view of other patents and public technology. Some categories of
US Patents now include Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Biological,
Software, and Business Methods.
- Design Patent: Visual appearance of a useful
object.
- Plant Patent: Asexually reproduced plant.
Important Time Factors Related to Patents
If you think you may be interested
in getting foreign patents, it is very important that you apply for
a patent before making your invention public.
Making an invention public can be offering the invention for sale
or selling the invention, having it described in a publication, or
revealing it to anyone without a confidential disclosure agreement
where they agree to keep your invention secret.
File a Patent Application in the US, Then File
for International Patents
Because of international agreements with most countries,
you can file a U.S. patent application and then
file for international patent applications within one year of the
U.S. filing date and have the advantage of the original U.S. filing
date in the foreign countries. After one year from the U.S.
filing date you no longer have the advantage of the US filing date
and, if the invention has been made public, you will not be able to
file in most of the foreign countries. Canada is an exception, They
allow filing a patent within two years of making the invention public.
You Lose Your Right to File for a Patent If You
Don't File in the US Within One Year of Making the Invention Public
In the U.S. you can actually apply for a patent application
within one year of making the invention public. If
you wait more than a year after making the invention public, the invention
becomes public property and you are no longer able to obtain a valid
patent in the US. Exceptions are make for testing of the invention.
You Should Apply for a Patent Before Making the
Invention Public
It is always best to apply for a patent
before making the invention public. If you rely
on confidential disclosures to reveal the invention to others and
they make the invention public, even though you may be able to sue
them for breach of contract, you may still lose your patent rights
because of the public disclosure.
How To Obtain a Patent
A patent is a complex document explaining how to make
and how to use an invention including detailed drawings, so that someone
skilled in the technology would actually be able to make and use the
invention. It includes the technical field of the invention, the unique
features and advantages, and a summary abstract. Most
importantly, the patent document contains legally binding claims which
determine the extent of the rights of the patent holder.
The patent application, which is made to the
US Patent and Trademark Office and to the patent offices of other
countries if desired, must include the patent document as described
in the previous paragraph, a declaration that you believe yourself
to be the true inventor, information about the inventor, a transmittal
letter, and the Filing/Search/Examination Fees ( currently $545 for
individuals or companies with fewer than 500 employees for not more
than 20 total claims, including not more than three independent claims).
While it is possible for an inventor to write and
file a patent application, it is highly recommended
to have the application written (especially the legally binding claims),
filed and prosecuted before the US Patent and Trademark Office by
a registered patent attorney or agent with years of experience.
This may be the single most important component of your success or
failure with your invention to enable you to license the invention
and prevent others from infringing on your idea. Your investment
in your patent protection (far less than the cost of putting a single
advertisement in a national magazine) will pay for itself a thousand
times over during the twenty year term of the patent. Without a well
written patent you may lose everything.
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Copyright
A copyright protects creative expression, such as
the actual words of a book or song, the actual visual appearance of
objects that have no other function than the artistic, such as paintings
and sculpture, or visual images which may be applied in a variety
of ways, such as cartoon characters. Copyrights are obtainable through
the Library of Congress. There is a "copyright information"
link below to the Library of Congress.
Trademark
A trademark or servicemark covers only the name of
a product or service. It actually protects the consumer, since the
owner of a trademark must maintain the quality of the product or service
so that consumers are assured of the same quality whenever they purchase
a product or service bearing the trademarked name. More information
about trademarks may be found at the Patent and Trademark Office by
clicking the "patent and trademark information" link below.
Trade Secrets
A trade secret is knowledge about how to make a product,
such as the formula for Coke(TM). It can only work if the trade secret
may not be discovered by someone analyzing the product. It is only
effective as long as everyone who knows the trade secret keeps it
a secret.
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US
Patent Searches
Free Patent Search by Registered
Patent Agent: For a limited time patent
searches will be free with a patent application. The way it
works is that you pay only $495 for the patent search and if the invention
is patentable and you have me prepare your patent application, the
patent search fee is deducted from the patent application cost, so
you get the search for free. Act now.
A small percentage of the time a patent search will
reveal that the exact invention has already been patented. In those
cases, there would be no patent application, so the free patent search
with a patent application offer would not apply.
A US patent search, the usual
first step to determine patentability, can be performed for a search
fee of only $495 paid in advance as a retainer. Your patent search
will be performed and evaluated by me as an experienced patent agent
with the knowlegde of where to look and what to look for. It is a
complete patent search of all the related classes
and subclasses for all years from the beginning of the patent system
to the present. NOTE: other search
services performing only word searches, including concept words, only
go back to 1975 and if the same words are not used as someone has
used in their patent, that patent will be missed.
A Patent Search Report and copies
of related patents will be reported to you within one to two weeks.
You will be getting the best search possible.
See instructions below
for submitting your confidential information and payment.
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US
Patents and Design Patents
If your invention is
patentable based on the search, a US patent application can
be written and filed, including patent drawings, within four weeks
upon your approval now for only $3,495 - $5,495
including the patent search plus the Filing/Search/Examination
Fees of $545. US design patents are now
only $1,595 plus the $230 Filing/Search/Examination Fees. Typical
fees for US patent preparation are listed on our Patent
Fees page. Click here to proceed with a US
Patent Application. Click here to proceed with a US
Design Patent.
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International
Patents
International patents filed
within one year have the US filing date as a priority date. If you
choose to file for foreign patents based on a US application, you
can file through the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) initial
filing process for $4,500 (if the patent has 20 claims or less and
the total number of pages, including drawings, is less than 27).
The PCT filing process is recommended
if you are uncertain of which countries you will eventually select
for patent filing or if you wish to delay the filing in individual
countries, which often requires substantial fees for translations.
Alternately, we can file patents directly in individual countries
(costs available upon request). A European Patent filing process
delays individual country filing in a similar fashion to the PCT.
The process allows designating desired European Union countries and
many former Soviet Union countries by extension. To start a PCT International
Patent Application, click here.
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How to
Proceed
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To
Start US Patent Search
For online secure credit
card payment or PayPal payment, click below to go to the Patent Fees
page and click to the right of item #1 - US Patent Search.
Then send your request for a US patent search along with your name,
address, phone and email, if appropriate, and a confidential description
of your invention including how to make and use the invention, the
function, and how it is an improvement over any past ways of doing
a similar thing. If the invention can be explained verbally on the
phone, a written description is not necessary.
You may send the information:
by
Email to dm@1st-patents
.com
by mail to
Don Meeker
Patent Agent
240 Cabrini BLVD #4A
New York, NY 10033
Phone: 800-434-6297 or 212-543-1275
(best time to reach me in the office is from 1-6 PM East Coast Time)
FAX: 888-234-4426
Alternately you may mail
or phone or FAX in your credit card information or mail a check or
money order in US dollars payable to "Donald Meeker".
Check by phone payment. Just
call 800-434-6297 or 212-543-1275 and have your next available check
ready to give the information over the phone for an instant check
payment.
We are glad to answer
any questions and be of service to you in protecting your ideas. Click
here for the Patent Fees Page.
Thank you.
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To Start
a US Patent Application
If a patent search has
already been performed indicating that your invention is patentable,
or if you are confident that the invention has never been patented
before and do not want a patent search, you can proceed with your
US patent application.
For online secure credit
card payment or PayPal payment, click below to go to the Patent Fees
page and click to the right of Item # 2 for the Patent Office
Filing/Search/Examination Fees. Then click the appropriate category
of invention and depending on whether or not you wish to take advantage
of the savings for a full advance payment (choose the appropriate
one out of Items # 3-11 - Special Offer Patents
are Items # 2a, 2b, and 2c for fees after a successful search performed
by us and Items # 2c, 2d, and 2e for fees when we do not perform the
search). Then send your request for a US patent application
along with the inventor's full name, address, phone, FAX and email,
if appropriate, and a confidential description of your invention including
how to make and use the invention, the function, and how it is an
improvement over any past ways of doing a similar thing. If the invention
can be explained verbally on the phone, a written description is not
necessary.
You may send the information:
by
Email to dm@1st-patents
.com
by mail to
Don Meeker
Patent Agent
240 Cabrini BLVD #4A
New York, NY 10033
Phone: 800-434-6297 or 212-543-1275
(best time to reach me in the office is from 1-6 PM East Coast Time)
FAX: 888-234-4426
Alternately you may mail
or phone or FAX in your credit card information or mail a check or
money order in US dollars payable to "Donald Meeker".
Check by phone payment. Just
call 800-434-6297 or 212-543-1275 and have your next available check
ready to give the information over the phone for an instant check
payment.
We are glad to answer
any questions and be of service to you in protecting your ideas. Click
here for the Patent Fees Page.
Thank you.
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To Start
a US Design Patent Application
For online secure credit card payment
or PayPal payment, go to the Patent
Fees page and click one of the buttons to the right of item for
the design patent application and depending on whether or not you
wish to take advantage of the savings for a full advance payment (choose
the appropriate one out of Items #3D1-3D3 - Special
Offer Design Patents are Items #2G1-2G2 for fees ). Then
send your request for a US design patent application along with the
inventor's full name, address, phone, FAX and email, if appropriate,
and a confidential description of your invention including detailed
drawings or photographs.
You may send the information:
by Email
to dm@1st-patents.com
by mail to
Don Meeker
Patent Agent
240 Cabrini BLVD #4A
New York, NY 10033
Phone: 800-434-6297 or 212-543-1275
(best time to reach me in the office is from 1-6 PM East Coast Time)
FAX: 888-234-4426
Alternately you may mail
or phone or FAX in your credit card information or mail a check or
money order in US dollars payable to "Donald Meeker".
Check by phone payment. Just
call 800-434-6297 or 212-543-1275 and have your next available check
ready to give the information over the phone for an instant check
payment.
We are glad to answer any questions
and be of service to you in protecting your ideas. Thank you.
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To Start a
PCT International Patent Application
For a Patent Cooperation
Treaty (PCT) International Patent Application based on a US patent
application, provide us with a copy of the patent application
in English with formal drawings (if formal drawings are not available
there may be an additional fee to prepare formal drawings - allow
extra time), the filing numbers and dates, the inventor's full name,
address, phone, FAX and email numbers (if any), citizenship, any assignment
information, and the necessary fees. These filings based on existing
patents can be filed very quickly within a week or in a day or two
when necessary to meet filing deadlines.
A check or money order
payable to Donald Meeker for $4,500 for the PCT International Patent
Application Fees should be sent to the address below or a check by
phone used as indicated below.
You may send the information:
by
Email to dm@1st-patents
.com
by mail to
Don Meeker
Patent Agent
240 Cabrini BLVD #4A
New York, NY 10033
Phone: 800-434-6297 or 212-543-1275
(best time to reach me in the office is from 1-6 PM East Coast Time)
FAX: 888-234-4426
Alternately you may mail
or phone or FAX in your credit card information or mail a check or
money order in US dollars payable to "Donald Meeker".
NEW Check by phone payment.
Just call 800-434-6297 or 212-543-1275 and have your next available
check ready to give the information over the phone for an instant
check payment.
We are glad to answer any questions
and be of service to you in protecting your ideas. Click here for
the Patent Fees Page. Thank
you.
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Contact
me:
by
Email to dm@1st-patents
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by mail to
Don Meeker
Patent Agent
240 Cabrini BLVD #4A
New York, NY 10033
Phone: 800-434-6297 or 212-543-1275
(best time to reach me in the office is from 1-6 PM East Coast Time)
FAX: 888-234-4426
I will be happy to answer
any questions and be of service to you in protecting your ideas.
I have a strict privacy
policy and will not reveal any information given to me.
Thank you for your interest
in 1stPatents.com,
Don Meeker
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