Most engineers are asked, requested or required to disclose inventions and intellectual property to their employer or to the company patent department. Often engineers are even given cash bonus dollars for filing the patent disclosures. However, most don’t file patents or patent disclosures. They think a patent filing takes a lot of time, is difficult, or requires preparing some formal legal “patent write up”. As a result, they avoid or put it on the “when I get around to it” list.
Patent attorney Mark Courtney suggests a different mindset. Patents build professional value to the company, your personal reputation, and adds value to your resume. Filing a patent disclosure can be the very best way to handle arranging intellectual property meetings with customers and vendors by preventing potential damage due to accidentally disclosing a new concept before it is fully protected. Some patent filing and disclosures are as easy as writing a weekly progress report.
Contact The Courtney Firm to learn how to quickly communicate your patentable ideas to the company in a few minutes. You win, and your company wins.