When To File Your Patent: A Timeline For Product Inventors
Filing a patent too early can leave gaps in your protection. Filing too late can cost you your rights entirely. In this episode of the Pitch to Product Podcast, 52Launch's Jack Dalton sits down with patent attorney Robert McConnell to map out exactly when to file at each stage of product development.
Robert walks through the full patent timeline for physical product inventors, covering utility vs. design patents, provisional applications, deadlines you can’t miss, and why design patents are often the most valuable protection for consumer products.
Topics covered include:
- When to file a…
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