{"id":4111,"date":"2022-08-25T08:00:11","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T08:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=4111"},"modified":"2022-10-27T10:47:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T10:47:58","slug":"why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do I Need a Patent Attorney?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4112 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/blog_aug25-300x133.jpg\" alt=\"Patent Attorney\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/blog_aug25-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/blog_aug25-150x67.jpg 150w, https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/blog_aug25.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>U.S. patent law dictates that an inventor must <a href=\"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/patents.html\">file a complete patent application<\/a> within the first year of public use or disclosure of your patent or within one year of your very first offer to sell your patent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/\">Patent attorneys<\/a> help businesses and individual inventors through the very complicated and convoluted process of securing a patent for an invention and enforce the rights of your patent if they were to be challenged or violated.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of filing a patent is to ensure your right to prevent anyone from selling the same product or benefiting indirectly from a design aspect for example. To ensure your patent is as shield proof as possible from litigation, it is critical to hire an experienced patent attorney to conduct the proper research, draft and submit an application that encompasses your unique invention to the fullest extent possible allowed by the relevant patent law codes and legal regulations in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While there are only a hand full of different types of patents, it takes time to properly research which category best fits your invention.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of research, it is in your best interest to hire a patent lawyer to conduct a thorough and detailed patent search on your behalf as it will most likely take hundreds of hours to properly seek out the information needed by yourself without the necessary tools and expertise. There are many specific, detailed requirements and deadlines in the application process that must <em>not <\/em>be missed or your right to your specific and unique patent could be jeopardized, or worse yet, open for competition.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, if your patent were to be violated or contested, it is imperative to have the counsel of a professional <a href=\"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/\">patent attorney in Los Angeles<\/a> for adequate legal representation for matters such as infringement, licensing issues and re-examination issues. Licensed patent attorneys are further prepared to take legal defense action upon any issuance of actions by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspto.gov\/\">United States Patent and Trademark Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have Questions about the Patent Application Process? Contact the Highly Reputable Omni Legal Group Today<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have an invention and want to obtain a patent, retaining the services of a reputable and experienced patent lawyer is extremely important. Whether you are in need of, or have, a provisional patent, non-provisional patent, <a href=\"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/patents\/design-patent.html\">design patent<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/patents\/utility-patent.html\">utility patent<\/a>, or plant patent application, Omni Legal Group is here to help. Omni Legal Group is a premier Patent, Trademark, and Copyright law firm located in Los Angeles. For further information or to schedule a consultation please contact Omni Legal Group at <strong>855.433.2226<\/strong> or visit\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/\">www.OmniLegalGroup.com<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. patent law dictates that an inventor must file a complete patent application within the first year of public use or disclosure of your patent or within one year of your very first offer to sell your patent. &nbsp; Patent attorneys help businesses and individual inventors through the very complicated and convoluted process of securing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why Do I Need a Patent Attorney?| Omni Legal Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"View our latest blog: Why Do I Need a Patent Attorney?.To learn more, visit www.omnilegalgroup.com or call us at 855.433.2226\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why Do I Need a Patent Attorney?| Omni Legal Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"View our latest blog: Why Do I Need a Patent Attorney?.To learn more, visit www.omnilegalgroup.com or call us at 855.433.2226\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Omni Legal Group Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-25T08:00:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-10-27T10:47:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/blog_aug25.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Omid Khalifeh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Omid Khalifeh\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/omnilegalgroup.com\\\/blog\\\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/omnilegalgroup.com\\\/blog\\\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Omid Khalifeh\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/omnilegalgroup.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e88d4972c6e30001cc41817b64d35fa4\"},\"headline\":\"Why Do I Need a Patent Attorney?\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-25T08:00:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-27T10:47:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/omnilegalgroup.com\\\/blog\\\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":447,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/omnilegalgroup.com\\\/blog\\\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/omnilegalgroup.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/blog_aug25.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/omnilegalgroup.com\\\/blog\\\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/omnilegalgroup.com\\\/blog\\\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/omnilegalgroup.com\\\/blog\\\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\\\/\",\"name\":\"Why Do I Need a Patent Attorney?| Omni Legal Group\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/omnilegalgroup.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/omnilegalgroup.com\\\/blog\\\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/omnilegalgroup.com\\\/blog\\\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/omnilegalgroup.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/blog_aug25.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-25T08:00:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-27T10:47:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/omnilegalgroup.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e88d4972c6e30001cc41817b64d35fa4\"},\"description\":\"View our latest blog: Why Do I Need a Patent Attorney?.To learn more, visit www.omnilegalgroup.com or call us at 855.433.2226\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/omnilegalgroup.com\\\/blog\\\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/omnilegalgroup.com\\\/blog\\\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/omnilegalgroup.com\\\/blog\\\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/omnilegalgroup.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/blog_aug25.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/omnilegalgroup.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/blog_aug25.jpg\",\"width\":450,\"height\":200},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/omnilegalgroup.com\\\/blog\\\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/omnilegalgroup.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Why Do I Need a Patent Attorney?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/omnilegalgroup.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/omnilegalgroup.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Omni Legal Group Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/omnilegalgroup.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/omnilegalgroup.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e88d4972c6e30001cc41817b64d35fa4\",\"name\":\"Omid Khalifeh\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/565923ffc8a80adddedf281a6f7f8052a83bed9b1506537aa4654cebd9b3097a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/565923ffc8a80adddedf281a6f7f8052a83bed9b1506537aa4654cebd9b3097a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/565923ffc8a80adddedf281a6f7f8052a83bed9b1506537aa4654cebd9b3097a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Omid Khalifeh\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/omnilegalgroup.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/omid-khalifeh\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why Do I Need a Patent Attorney?| Omni Legal Group","description":"View our latest blog: Why Do I Need a Patent Attorney?.To learn more, visit www.omnilegalgroup.com or call us at 855.433.2226","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Why Do I Need a Patent Attorney?| Omni Legal Group","og_description":"View our latest blog: Why Do I Need a Patent Attorney?.To learn more, visit www.omnilegalgroup.com or call us at 855.433.2226","og_url":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\/","og_site_name":"Omni Legal Group Blog","article_published_time":"2022-08-25T08:00:11+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-10-27T10:47:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":450,"height":200,"url":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/blog_aug25.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Omid Khalifeh","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Omid Khalifeh","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\/"},"author":{"name":"Omid Khalifeh","@id":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e88d4972c6e30001cc41817b64d35fa4"},"headline":"Why Do I Need a Patent Attorney?","datePublished":"2022-08-25T08:00:11+00:00","dateModified":"2022-10-27T10:47:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\/"},"wordCount":447,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/blog_aug25.jpg","articleSection":["Blog"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\/","url":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\/","name":"Why Do I Need a Patent Attorney?| Omni Legal Group","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/blog_aug25.jpg","datePublished":"2022-08-25T08:00:11+00:00","dateModified":"2022-10-27T10:47:58+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e88d4972c6e30001cc41817b64d35fa4"},"description":"View our latest blog: Why Do I Need a Patent Attorney?.To learn more, visit www.omnilegalgroup.com or call us at 855.433.2226","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/blog_aug25.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/blog_aug25.jpg","width":450,"height":200},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/why-do-i-need-a-patent-attorney\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Why Do I Need a Patent Attorney?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/","name":"Omni Legal Group Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e88d4972c6e30001cc41817b64d35fa4","name":"Omid Khalifeh","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/565923ffc8a80adddedf281a6f7f8052a83bed9b1506537aa4654cebd9b3097a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/565923ffc8a80adddedf281a6f7f8052a83bed9b1506537aa4654cebd9b3097a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/565923ffc8a80adddedf281a6f7f8052a83bed9b1506537aa4654cebd9b3097a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Omid Khalifeh"},"url":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/author\/omid-khalifeh\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4111"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4143,"href":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4111\/revisions\/4143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}