Patent

A patent essentially provides the legal protection necessary so your idea can be commercialized. It is the grant of a property right to the inventor, allowing the patent owner a chance to at least recover development costs toward commercialization. It is grant by the Government of a right for a specific term to prevent others from taking credit for or using your invention. 

A provisional patent application allows you to obtain an official filing date from the United States Patent and Trademark Office without a formal patent claim. Here's why...

This gives you the right to exclude others from making, using or selling your invention within the United States.  Here's why...

A plant design is an application which protects invented or discovered, asexually reproduced plant varieties or new plant varieities. Here's why...

A United States design patent application is filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to protect the ornamental appearance of an article. Here's why...

To obtain patent protection outside of the United States, you must file a separate patent application in the countries in which patent protection is desired.  Here's why...