If you’re a budding Thomas Edison, then you will be well aware of the importance of knowing how to obtain a patent for the invention that will make you millions.

A patent will give you full property rights to your invention. Basically this means that you will have full control of the invention, excluding anyone else from using or marketing your designs. Clearly it is a crucial step that must be done correctly.

Patents are issued by Patents and Trademark Office and come in three categories:

1. Plant patent

For those who discover a new variety of plant.

You are about to learn a brief history of patents and how they become to be so essential in business as we know it.

The first written mention of modern patents we know of are in 15th century business documents from Italy. Italy was one of the first countries to make it possible for an investor to protect an idea by obtaining government or official recognition of the creative act. This early experiment in intellectual property rights led to a ferment of growth and discovery in Italy and elsewhere.