Patent Filing for Consumer Products: From Prototype to Shelf Protection

Introduction : Every product begins as an idea, but not every idea gets the rights of invention. After the prototype and before the product is on the store shelf, there is a very important step that gets little attention. The problem is that products are created, tested, produced, and developed in terms of all marketing activities by the company but the role of patent policy is often taken into account just at the stage when the product is going to be sold. But the delay in filing may...