How to Know When to Get That Patent by Monica Selby in Let's Talk Serious Startups, Serious Startups Share this Twitter Facebook Oct 2, 2014Oct 1, 2014 0 Comments 1 Like Like 12,429 A- A A+ Embed HTML not available. When do you get a patent? There’s a little debate over when (and what) to patent when you’re working in startups. What do you think about early stage patents?