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What does "in a further preferred embodiment" refer to in a patent?
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Is Article One Partners a scam?
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Is Article One Partners a scam?
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What are the implications of including human beings in the description and claims?
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How to get a patent or patent application permalink at the USPTO website?
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Mathematics patented (first post here, very shocked)
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Where can I check for the existence of a (pending) patent?
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How to export results of search on US Patent Public Search?
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What does it mean when a second patent number is listed in the application events?
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Retrieve US patents claims
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Do I need NDA when talking about submitted patent
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Getting error while access Private PAIR Tools
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USPTO Customer Number
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What is the best free reliable patent drawing software?
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What is the best free reliable patent drawing software?
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How to get a patent or patent application permalink at the USPTO website?
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Why didn't Uber's patents prevent Lyft from existing?
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Deceased father's patent
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How to check where a patent is valid and can it be used freely in another country?
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The Application Data Sheet 37 CFR 1.76 form (aia0014.pdf) does not allow me to sign
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Does claiming priority change the effective date for prior art concerning EPC §56?
Awarded Nov 25, 2021 at 16:42
"Package delivery notification system and method" claims
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A previous employer has patented something I helped invent but hasn't included me as an inventor. What are my options?
Awarded Jul 31, 2021 at 20:31
Can an applicant cite the prosecution record of a patent reference?
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How do you determine a patent expiration date?
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How common is it for public companies in US to sue each other regarding patent?
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In practice, which patent rejection reason is the hardest to address and overcome?
Awarded Apr 3, 2021 at 12:37
What is the reason that the 20 year patent protection term starts from filing dates rather than issue dates?
Awarded Apr 1, 2021 at 19:27
Developing a software module to access USPTO Private Pair for my firm
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Is it possible that i will disclose my idea through searching existing patents or using search engines?
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Call for Prior Art US Patent 7,888,125 (Theranos) Duke v. Stanford
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"The attached PDF file is not a PDF file. Please remove file, create PDF and reattach."
Awarded Dec 15, 2020 at 21:04
What are the best prior art databases and search tools?
Awarded Dec 11, 2020 at 20:30
Someone claimed patent Infringment but didn't have a patent?
Awarded Nov 30, 2020 at 16:32
A company is using my idea internally!
Awarded Nov 24, 2020 at 2:33
Inventor omitted from the provisional application
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What happens if I don't pay the issue fee?
Awarded Oct 28, 2020 at 19:26
Is JPWO2011145301A1 patent granted?
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Patent Application Size
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What are the rules regarding the applicant being his own lexicographer?
Awarded Sep 8, 2020 at 13:51
What are the rules for drawing a system diagram in patent drawings?
Awarded Sep 5, 2020 at 15:22
Former employer asking for assignment rights
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Election of species for prosecution
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Use of the term plurality
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Can independent 3rd party disclosures created during grace period after inventor disclosure be used against inventors after the grace period?
Awarded May 8, 2020 at 17:06
How can this be patented?
Awarded May 2, 2020 at 22:04
Is Article One Partners a scam?
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Can I file a patent application with two applicant corporations?
Awarded Apr 3, 2020 at 15:00
Know the owner of a patent when initial filing company no longer exists
Awarded Mar 8, 2020 at 14:35
Requesting prior art on Google machine learning patent (US 2014/0180986)
Awarded Feb 26, 2020 at 13:10
Terminal disclaimer filed after final office action
Awarded Jan 26, 2020 at 2:25
Can a sci-fi technology be submitted as prior art?
Awarded Jan 13, 2020 at 16:20
If I am submitting two different provisionals for two different claims on the same invention can some sections be the same or similar?
Awarded Jan 12, 2020 at 16:05
Does Amazon have a corporate reward policy for employee patent inventors?
Awarded Jan 7, 2020 at 14:40
References for making patents for pharmaceutical drugs in the U.S
Awarded Dec 16, 2019 at 15:20
Computer readable medium claim rejected by USPTO examiner
Awarded Nov 28, 2019 at 20:20
Computer readable medium claim rejected by USPTO examiner
Awarded Nov 28, 2019 at 2:45
Can patent owner sue if a product is made, but never sold (only rented out)?
Awarded Nov 12, 2019 at 7:55
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