When you're dealing with inventions and patents, you want to be sure your idea is original. Coming up with an original idea can be tough. Google Patents is an awesome tool to find out if your invention is truly unique.

You shouldn't wait until you finish your prototype to see if your invention has already been made. Can you imagine spending hours and hours only to find out that someone else already has it patented?! Searching through Google Patents can also provide some serious inspiration! See what other inventions have passed the patent process in your area of interest. Remember, you can get a patent on an improvement of an existing product.

Click the Search Real Patents button now to start hunting around Google Patents. If you need a little warm-up- click one of the drawings to discover what they are all about!