Why your Patent may not be effective

With all the inventions coming up and as more people apply for patent rights to protect their inventions, it should be noted that there is a process involved and therefore not a guarantee that the patent will be effective.

Patents usually are effective for not more than 20 years from the date they are accepted. Therefore after this period, the public can go ahead and use the invention ideas to their liking. So after the 20 years elapse, there is no need for the inventor to cry foul though it may seem affair that his creation is being gained from by someone else, even when the main inventor did not gain much from it.

For the not so lucky ones, it is their governments that are reluctant to put up effective laws barring others from taking advantage of other people’s inventions. This is true in most developing countries across the world where those with resources take over an invention idea of the other without fear of being reprimanded by the law. They thus take advantage of the weak laws to inconvenience inventors.

Parts of the world where patent rights might be ineffective

·       Most African states

·       Some parts of Asia

The other issue is that if one’s invention is found to have existed before, may be on paper or was on the market and already in use by the public, then the patent might be deemed ineffective or if the application is in process, then the patent application may not be granted.

There are also periodical fees supposed to be paid by the person with the patent to their government authorities. This fee is meant to keep the patent effective and enforceable. Therefore when one fails to pay these or this fee, then the patent might as well be deemed ineffective.

Illiterate left out!

When applying for patents, one is expected to hand into the patent office of the particular country, a full description of the invention both in words, diagrams and illustrations. These descriptions are expected to be detailed in every sense, explaining how the invention is created and how it works. The problem here is that there are smart individuals who are unfortunately illiterate and though they can come up with very useful inventions, they cannot explain them in writing what so ever.

How to translate this kind of work

The above problem can be solved by hiring professional transcription services. Here, the illiterate inventor holds his detailed description in audio form by recording his voice. Then the recordings are put into the written format. It is in this written format that the descriptions are handed into the authorities so as to get a patent for one’s work.

Nothing should hinder a smart mind from filing for patent rights for their inventions, since, at the end of the day, they deserve all the credit for their work.

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