Patent guides

Written for the people who file: sourced to the article, the decision and the rule, and free to read. Each guide ends with the one thing IPZilla can do for you on that subject — nothing more.

• Guide · FranceFiling a French provisional patent application at INPIThe cheapest priority date in Europe, explained clause by clause.6 min read
• Guide · FTOFreedom-to-operate analysis in biotech and pharmaPatentability asks 'can I get a patent?'. FTO asks 'can I sell this?'.5 min read
• Guide · PCTFrom a French provisional to a PCT application: the timelineTwelve months to go international, thirty to choose your countries.4 min read
• Guide · AI and patentsAI-assisted patent drafting and inventorship: where the law standsThe drafting can be assisted. The inventor cannot be a machine.5 min read
• Guide · GlossaryPatent glossary: the terms you meet from brief to filingSixty terms, alphabetical, defined the way an examiner uses them.7 min read