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Is the “Brief Summary of the Invention” section actually required?
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Is there a way to completely cancel earlier applications?
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After drafting two independent claims for interrelated apparatus, is it possible to draft 3rd independent which include both?
Awarded Dec 26 '20 at 18:52
Enforcing production process patents
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Hi there, looking for prior art searchers who would be open to try a new non-commercial prior art search tool and share their feedback!
Awarded Dec 16 '20 at 15:03
Someone claimed patent Infringment but didn't have a patent?
Awarded Nov 30 '20 at 17:25
Can technology manufactured in UK be sold in US if only US patented but earlier manufactured in UK
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Inventor omitted from the provisional application
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How much time does a patent lawyer in the United States spend on writing vs other activities?
Awarded Oct 27 '20 at 23:17
How can I write the four configuration of a system in the claims of a patent?
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Is JPWO2011145301A1 patent granted?
Awarded Sep 29 '20 at 21:12
API access to USPTO application
Awarded Sep 21 '20 at 10:49
Why Aren't Patent Expirations Listed for USPTO Gazette Vol. 1454 No. 2?
Awarded Sep 18 '20 at 15:40
What does “Ep: pct application non-entry in european phase” mean?
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What are the rules regarding the applicant being his own lexicographer?
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Former employer asking for assignment rights
Awarded Aug 31 '20 at 20:32
How to get a patent or patent application permalink at the USPTO website?
Awarded Aug 30 '20 at 21:05
How are patents to “a second medical use” enforced?
Awarded Aug 27 '20 at 8:35
PRIOR ART REQUEST: US7,051,342 - Method and system for remote automation of object oriented applications
Awarded Aug 12 '20 at 16:02
“Undue experimentation” - why isn't the patent office more demanding to minimise it (e.g. provide parts list)?
Awarded Aug 8 '20 at 5:04
‘Preferred embodiment’ containing salient details
Awarded Aug 6 '20 at 23:11
Can a patent have 2 different CPC classes?
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Why not raise eligibility under 101 after Myriad on granted patents?
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API access to USPTO application
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“Flash of Genius” Intermittent Windshield Wipers
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What's the criteria for you to get a patent on an improvement?
Awarded May 17 '20 at 18:20
Can independent 3rd party disclosures created during grace period after inventor disclosure be used against inventors after the grace period?
Awarded May 8 '20 at 14:47
Patent overseas
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Is US RE43748 still alive?
Awarded Apr 24 '20 at 5:06
How do entrepreneurs determine if their idea is not infringing any patents
Awarded Apr 15 '20 at 16:40
We didn't patent a possible innovation before the release. What are the risks?
Awarded Apr 8 '20 at 13:25
Changing aspect/step of system/method of patent claim to avoid infringing upon patent
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Can a claim be considered prior art if when taken out of context it describes your invention?
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Can I file a patent application with two applicant corporations?
Awarded Apr 2 '20 at 8:45
Have Windows Media Video 7 (WMV1) patents expired?
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What is the difference between Application number, Publication number and Patent number?
Awarded Mar 18 '20 at 21:10
Does a granted patent mean it is scientifically correct or that the US patent office has validated its scientific accuracy?
Awarded Mar 16 '20 at 17:10
Prior art on US2020012817 & US2020042837
Awarded Mar 12 '20 at 15:55
How to make a prior art request for a granted patent or patent application?
Awarded Mar 1 '20 at 13:00
Design Patent of a product that has been sold in the market for years
Awarded Feb 28 '20 at 19:00
Inventor not included
Awarded Feb 26 '20 at 1:50
How to properly record invention activites
Awarded Feb 18 '20 at 22:55
how to frame independent claim for comparing two components of a system
Awarded Jan 28 '20 at 18:45
Patent application claiming NIST Electronic Authentication Guideline
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How to get an estimate for a application without revealing the idea?
Awarded Jan 20 '20 at 7:30
How are patents like US7548054B2 and US9588147B2 granted in light of DE2003120293
Awarded Jan 18 '20 at 13:05
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 '20 at 13:55
Does “at least one Y” properly introduce an Y if used for for the first time as well as “a” or “an” does?
Awarded Jan 4 '20 at 14:55
Design patents for tapes of varying shapes and sizes?
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How patents are avoided to be reinvented and how we can understand them comprehensively?
Awarded Nov 29 '19 at 11:30
Question about proper antecedent basis: is it necessary to establish new antecedent basis in every dependent claim?
Awarded Nov 26 '19 at 18:35
Would the demonstration of an invention be considered public disclosure
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Is registering for an invention fair considered as public disclosure?
Awarded Oct 23 '19 at 7:40
Mathematics patented (first post here, very shocked)
Awarded Oct 16 '19 at 0:20
Is it normal in US to patent a device which does not exist yet?
Awarded Oct 14 '19 at 14:00
Claiming various solutions to solving the same problem
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Nested Claim Construction (US patent practice)
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