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Can you patent your idea?

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Rakesh Sharma
Can you patent your idea?

The simple answer is no: you cannot patent an idea for an invention. The invention itself must be filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) or a patent application containing the invention must be filed. Although all inventions begin with an idea, not all ideas can be called inventions. What you can patent is an invention, a device, a product, a process, or a manufacturing device—something that didn't previously exist or a modification of something that occurs in nature.

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