A patent gives you the power to safeguard your inventions from being infringed upon by unscrupulous elements. However, for protecting your invention, you are needed to register it with the patent authorities in your country.

Patent application filing is usually a tedious procedure. Here are a few things that must be taken into account so that the chances of your application being sent back are reduced.

The first and foremost factor is that your patent should demonstrate itself as innovative, utilitarian and non-obvious (NUN). In other words, your concept should be novel and must be capable of business viability as well as marketability, as no administration would want to issue a patent for a worthless invention. You must thus ensure that your invention is not similar to some other commercial idea or should not be something that does not have a long term market worth. Further, it should not be easy for other members of that particular commercial community to reproduce it in an openly evident way.

Another requisite for a patent application is to offer complete details of your invention. In some cases, you would also have to attach the related designs and basic drawings to better demonstrate your creation. This is necessary because unless you have expressed the intricate details of your development, the authorities will not be able to evaluate it thoroughly and weigh it against current products and other pending applications. Non inclusion of an exhaustive description can even result in your application being rejected.

The lengthy evaluation involved in patenting makes it a long and difficult process in most countries. Therefore, it is always better to engage the services of a lawyer, who has good experience in working on patents or even in general intellectual property issues. This would not only save you time and effort, but also minimize the chances of your patent application being rejected.