Ruben Alcoba, Esq. - USPTO Registered Patent Attorney · 25 Years · Miami · English & Spanish Most people who call me start the same way. They apologize. "It's probably nothing." "It's just an idea." "I don't even know if this is worth your time." It usually is. And after twenty-five years of listening to that same opening sentence, I've learned that the person apologizing is very often the one holding something genuinely valuable — they just have no idea yet, because nobody ever told them what the law already considers theirs. I'm Ruben Alcoba, a Registered U.S. Patent Attorney and the founder of Alcoba Law Group in Miami. I've been admi