Protect your functional idea with an invention or utility model patent.

If the innovative idea is functional, there are two available tools, the industrial invention patent and the utility model patent.

The invention patent lasts 20 years and requires the solution of a technical problem; the utility model patent lasts 10 years and concerns a particular effectiveness or ease of use. To understand if an idea is innovative before filing a patent application, it is advisable to get a patent prior art search. To guarantee a quality service we use a paid international patent database which includes English translations of at least part of any patent document. Usually we start with a national filing that can be extended abroad within a year, claiming the priority of the first national filing.

The International Patent (PCT) and the European Patent (EP) allow, through a unified procedure, to obtain a granted patent valid for all member states, or part of them.