Why Patent

Bringing a new invention to market is normally a costly and risky process, and will not occur if a company cannot be certain that others will not be able to copy the innovation and compete against them.  A patent allows a company the time to recoup the costs associated with design, development and marketing of the innovation.  Therefore, as an inventor interested in seeing your innovation be brought into the public domain it is essential that it is given the proper protection.

A successfully filed patent can represent a great deal of financial and social value if there is judged to be a market for the product it describes.  Thus even if you may not be interested in taking an innovation further, it may be of use to seek protection in order to capture the value that the innovation may represent.