Patents

Patents registration for inventions is intended to give the inventor of the idea or the commercial company an ownership on the intellectual property underlying that invention or technology.

Here are some of the special cases where it is advisable to file a patent:
1. If you believe that your idea can be implemented in a product and you wish to realize it commercially.
2. You’ve been waiting for the registration procedure until your product went on the market.
 
The registration of the patent will be done after you have the final product, including a product file adapted for mass production.

 

How much does it cost to register a patent in Israel?

With the update of prices by the Patent Authority in January 2013, the patent fees in Israel has increased and in particular there was an increase in patent registration and monthly extension payments. Under the new regulations, the basic fee for a patent application has almost doubled with an increase from 107 NIS to 200 NIS.
There is also a significant increase in fees for monthly extensions from NIS 64 to NIS 200.
In addition, the new regulations have defined new payments including an additional payment for every fifty pages over the first hundred pages of the patent detail and a receipt fee for a patent application.
 
 

Independent patent registration

The first step to obtain a patent is to file a patent application at the Patent Office in the same country where the decision was made to apply for a patent by the person who invented it.
The submission of the application will be made in accordance with the regulations of the relevant authority by using appropriate forms, fees payment, etc.
The submission approval is received after a few weeks and includes, among other things, the details of the applicant, the patent application number, the inventor and more.
 
After a year, the Patent Authority may submit a report to the applicant explaining why the Authority refuses to grant a patent.
If the arguments presented in response to the above examination report are accepted by the Patent Authority, a patent will be granted to the applicant.
A renewal fee must be paid once every few years after the patent is received.
The patent can be valid for 20 years from the date of filing the application.

 

 

Searching for patents

Patent search is considered as one of the main requirements presented in the field in order to make sure that the idea is patentable and defensible in various countries in the world.
You can first perform an independent patent search and from there proceed to further testing with the help of expert bodies.
Companies that specialize in patent research will help the inventor see if there are any close patents that can create a particular barrier in trying to protect the invention even if the basic idea is fundamentally different.
 
 

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