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If a patent claims a method, is a subset of the method's steps also covered?
Assume there is a patent that has a claim for a method, the method comprising 5 steps:
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Two questions:
If I drop Step 5 and use a method consisting of Steps 1 ...
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Does US 7526650 allow using watermarking for advertising purposes?
I understand patent US 7526650 is about using visible labeling and watermarking on video for copyright protection. Do you think the patent also covers using such labels for plain advertising purposes, ...
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I am the actual inventor for a patent. What can I do about not being recorded as the inventor?
I am the actual inventor for patent no. US20020144536. The listed inventors are a fraud. I have all the original drawings, designs, development pictures, and testing reports. What can I do about ...
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Solar powered tracking device [closed]
This would be a great idea for scientific equipment in the field, we lose our stuff outside all the time and it would be nice to not have to change a battery on a GPS tracker and have this solar ...
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Is there ex parte reexamination statistics narrowed to software patents only?
uspto.gov publish statistics quarterly, but the numbers are averaged from all industries and fields. I am trying to figure out whats chances a software patent had in 2011/2012 to go through a ex parte ...
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Nokia and Webm patent analysis
Has anyone done good analysis on the Nokia patents that they claim cover WebM? I would like an idea of how seriously we should take Nokia's threat.
Groklaw did some analysis that reduced their 64 ...
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design patent d579373 - patent infringement
I have a jewelry design that is simply 3 interlocking solid silver rings that can be used as a baby's teething ring. I have been told that I am in infringement of design patent d579373 ..which is 3 ...
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ONLINE ESCORT SERVICE Patent Application - PRIOR ART REQUEST
HELP SAVE AMERICAN INDUSTRY AND THE WORLD'S OLDEST PROFESSION - This application seeks to patent an online escort service. According to the inventor, “I had trouble finding dates when I was at MIT ...
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What would be considered infringement on patent US 8327659 B2
A patent on a "cooler" is covering a wider spectrum of products. There are numerous cooler companies. Would they be committing infringement on this patent just by making a cooler? Or perhaps the ...
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Can a missed patent opportunity be made up
My grandfather created a mobile self-storage business in San Diego in the early 80s. Although the concept is very big now (like Door-to-Door), at the time he had not heard of anyone else doing ...
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is USB interface covered by this patent? [closed]
Can this patent read on USB interface?
The claim elements seems include all USB signals.
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What parts of Bouncy Castle are affected by patents?
Given that Bouncy Castle is an Open Source project, it's entirely possible that the contents contains implementations protected by various patents.
Since it's possible for the patent holder to sue ...
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Product made of off the shelf components
Am I infringing on patents if I were to sell a product that I made from off the shelf components which are already patented?
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Waiver of interest and provisional patent application
Let us say I work for company X and have an idea that I want to patent outside the scope of work of that company. Is it mandatory that I get a waiver of interest from X BEFORE I file a provisional ...
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US5905442 - Isn't it too broad?
USPTO LINK — Method and apparatus for controlling and determining the status of electrical devices from remote locations
It was filed by Lutron on Feb., 07 1996 and was granted.
Claim 1 (out ...
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How is this application different from Greenlite's 1995 PCT/EP1995/001527 (WO1995029094 A1)
Except from the fact that the claims are narrower in the Airbus patent, there doesn't seem to be any new element over the original "aircraft with driven wheel(s)" patent from 1995. This patent itself ...
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Is a Provisional Patent As Prior Art Sufficient Defense?
If you file a provisional patent purely to try and protect yourself, wouldn't that document the "invention" sufficient as such to be considered prior art? And if prior art is a valid defense, is it ...
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Granted claim which is already public knowledge [closed]
I often see patent claims that are already known or are part of prior arts which have been expired. The question is why USPTO allows such claims get granted? Don't they know the prior arts?
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Patent US7889927 seems faulty; plenty of prior art exists
If I understand the wording of patent US7889927 correctly, a patent was granted for a Chinese input method that uses the components of the characters themselves. The "Background of the Invention" ...
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Does Radar Aiming Alignment including boresighting feature here? [closed]
How do the following references affect this application:
Radar Aiming Alignment including boresighting
Jane's Information Group, 1987 - Weapons systems
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Why is this not on every vending machine ever? [closed]
Just asking. because this, if it was actually utilized, would be perfect on vending machines.
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Can I use copy protected images on my facebook page? [closed]
Am making a page about Steve Jobs and am gonna need a lot of pics. Is it allowed to use pics i find on google coz a lot of them are copyright protected.
And is it ethical to do so?
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If a medicine is listed in an ancient book, can it still be patented?
I have seen many patents related to use of herbs in medicines, like some homemade remedy for cough syrup etc. A large number of such remedies are already listed in many ancient medical books, one ...
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Errors in US6352143 B1 [closed]
"In accordance with one of the main features of the invention as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the passing of the hydraulic fluid through hydraulic motor 15, causes the rotation of shaft 22 32 which in turn ...
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How do you determine a patent's expiration date?
How do you determine the lifetime of a patent? For example, how can I tell when U.S. Patent 7,055,282 B2 expires?
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patent progress [closed]
To whom this may concern,
Just read the bulk of what this invention claims to do. Very interesting process! Have access to a bunch of catalyzed polyester resin. Any progress to bring this process to ...
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When do file histories for US Patent Applications appear in Public PAIR?
I was under the impression that the FILE HISTORY for a US Patent Applications appears on Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) contemporaneously with the publication of the ...
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Is is allowed to patent an idea and not put it in actual practice?
So, I have an idea and I wish to patent but as of today I can't put it to any actual use.
Is it possible to patent in that way for the sole purpose of preventing someone else from patenting it?
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about curcit design before 106 storing device and under storing device [closed]
can you explain in full detail, the design of "106" packs of batteries circuit connection with motor "108".
also can you explain the mechanism of switching in your "106"
thanking in advance
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Can Patents and Open Source Co-exist?
Can anyone help me out with a simple query that can i use a Open-Source Software and Open-Source Hardware like Raspberry PI and Arduino to make a system with a software and Patent it?
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Did Kaner patent the LightScribe procedure to synthesize graphene?
They describe the procedure in Science.
Did they patent the method? I can't find anything on Kaners Google Scholar page, but maybe somebody knows more.
Essentially, can we start a business and sell ...
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US8247998-Why does the USPTO allow claims to just read over prior art? [closed]
The first claim of patent #US8247998 with priority date 7/17/2009 reads:
A lighting device, comprising:
a power supply operable to supply power;
a switch control coupled to the power supply; and
a ...
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Prior art not cited us6920169 [closed]
There are prior art that is not cited by this patent application. Would the prior art invalidate this patent us6920169?
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Claiming priority or not
I filed a patent(provisional) a couple of months ago. The disclosure consist of two parts: 50% description of an underlying technology, and 50% a specific application of this technology. I haven't ...
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How to Determine Date of Application for US Patent?
If a US patent has been APPLIED FOR, but NOT AWARDED (yet?), how can one find out the Date of Application?
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What happens if a developer cannot pay the litigation costs?
Let's say a small software developer simply does not have enough money to pay the extreme costs of a patent infringement lawsuit. What happens in this case?
Situation B: Let's assume the software is ...
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designed New Bib [closed]
I have designed a new bib that's not like the ones that have patents. Should I get a patent or not. Mine is made of fabric with waterproof fabric on the inside. It can be tied, buttoned or velcroed ...
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Patent purchase
I would like to own this patent but have no idea how to go about redeeming this patent.
Who will I need to contact in order to purchase the patent. It appears to be inactive.
Charlie
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bottom blow furnace nozzle [closed]
we are having a bottom blowing furnace with 06 nos. nozzles blowing oxygen,nitrogen & dm water but within 1 week length reduction found from 900mm to 750mm using material ss-314 for nozzles due ...
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How to agree on app copyright with the partner? [closed]
The partner, a science institution has hired me to make an app for them, making their work easier to parse and mine raw data they collect. They know how data should be modelled but they provided no ...
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CALL FOR PRIOR ART: GaAs HBTs in RF Amplifiers
Information
Patent Number: 7,687,886
App Number: 11/153,078
Assignee: MicroLink Devices, Inc.
Prior Art Cutoff Date: predating June 14, 2005
Summary: Patent discloses, among other things, an HBT ...
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David W. Page and LuVerne R. Peterson [closed]
Does anybody have biographical information about inventors David W. Page and LuVerne R. Peterson, who got award for patent "Dynamic data re-programmable PLA" (US 4524430 A) ?
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Stolen Idea Patented
I think I made a mistake about a month ago and disclosed an idea that I had to a colleague. I'm in the process of taking the idea to market, but it hasn't gone public yet. I wasn't planning on ...
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Patent Invalidation in part or totally
If a Patent claims more than one "Item", say Item A, Item B, Item C etc...
and if it can be proved that say Item A, has been offered and sold to a commercial entity,
can the Patent be invalidated in ...
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is this a design or utility patent? [closed]
I have designed a freestanding type panel that duplicates the functions of this panel but am using different material and am not restricted to a permanent structure. Would I be in infringment if I ...
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Can SaaS, PaaS, IaaS be patented?
Please note: here I'm talking strictly about US Patents.
I tried reading up on software and patents and still am not quite "getting" how the two are related, and when a software system can be ...
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What Can I Patent?
I have been designing a Role-Playing Game engine that allows the game to be played via table-top, card-game, board-game, or even converted to a MUD/Video game seamlessly.
I have been working on this ...
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Prior Art on the patents asserted against SIP by BT
British Telecom recently announced that they intend to assert patents they hold covering the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) needed to connected a SIP-based system (like Asterisk) to the PSTN ...
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Which patent claims did George Selden believe Henry Ford violated?
I'm trying to find information for a report analyzing the Ford Vs. Selden case at the turn of the 20th century. I can find a lot of brief case summaries, but I cannot find anything that specifies what ...
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How many patents does Oracle Corporation own (including all acquired companies)?
How many patents does Oracle Corporation own (including all subsidiaries, like Sun Microsystems etc)?
And is there any recent patenting policy, I was only able to find 1994th patent policy statement.
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