patents
Laws that Protect Inventions
<p>I would like to patent something.</p>

<p>What laws are on the books that would protect invention from being stolen</p>

<ul>
<li><p>by patent attorney </p></li>
<li><p>by someone at the US patent office</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Please share references</p>

<p>It just doesn’t happen. It is prohibited for a patent examiner to get a patent or any interest in a patent other than by inheritance</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 4, patent examiners, other Office employees, and Office officers may not apply for a patent or acquire any right or interest in any patent during the period of their employment with the Office and for one year thereafter.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>and a patent attorney  would lose their USPTO registration and law license at a minimum for violating their <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/PTO1209_Oath_or_Affirmation.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">oath</a>. Very few inventions have the potential to make enough money to risk a career. You will need to trust in the professionalism of many people on the path to making your idea a profitable reality.</p>
