PATENT
If you are an inventor with a patent or just someone who has one great idea for a new invention, we can help you make it very profitable.
We are licensing agents in search of great inventions, both with patents and without patents, to bring to market by way of a licensing agreement.
Simply put, we find companies who will manufacture and distribute your invention and give you a generous royalty percentage of sales.
A granted patent will provide the owner with a temporary monopoly on an invention, which varies between 8 to 20 years. The aim of a patent is to prevent a third party from exploiting or reaping the financial rewards of your invention. Owning the rights to an invention may also identify your market share and benefit your business enterprise during research and development and commercialisation stages.
It is highly recommended that you consider patenting a new and novel product, service or procedure and to treat it as a valuable asset of your business.
If you choose to use Doruk Patent to assist you with this area of the idea development process they will endeavour to save and postpone substantial costs until your commercialisation strategy is implemented. This additional time can work to your advantage by allowing you to consider the commercial viability of your invention and therefore giving you a better chance to manage the project�s finances and the commercialisation strategy. The approach used will enable you to make a more informed decision on whether pursuing patent protection is worthwhile.
UTILITY MODEL
A utility model is a registered right which gives its owner exclusive protection for an invention, similar to a patent. Most other European states have some form of utility model system as well as their patent system, but the precise forms of these systems vary widely.
In general, an invention must be new, involve an inventive step, and lend itself to industrial application to be protected by a utility model. The level of inventiveness required is generally lower than that for a patent. Also, utility models may be granted without examination to establish that these conditions have been met. This means that protection could be obtained more quickly and at less cost than with a patent, but on the other hand it would have less legal certainty and the term of protection is usually shorter than a patent.
Most countries having utility model laws require that the invention be new. However, many patent or utility model offices do not conduct substantive examination and merely grant the utility model after checking that utility model applications comply with formalities. Some countries exclude particular subject matter from utility model protection.
For example, methods, plants and animals are normally barred from utility model protection.