In order to patent an invention the inventor must go through a number of processes. These processes to patent an invention can be complex and difficult. Although most inventors are concerned with the rights patent an invention grant during in-force, the law actually recognizes five “rights” periods in the life of invention patents. These five periods when you patent an invention are:
1. Invention conceived but not yet documented. This is the phase when you patent an invention where an inventor conceives an invention, but has not yet made any written, signed, dated, and witnessed record of it. In this patent an invention phase the inventor has no rights whatsoever.
