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If you are the first to manufacture / produce a product, can you later retroactively file a patent for it?
Awarded Sep 22, 2022 at 4:21
I made a board game; is it possible to obtain a patent or any other forms of IP?
Awarded Oct 12, 2021 at 4:40
any other patents involving baseball caps for pigtails?
Awarded Mar 13, 2021 at 4:43
Do you have to make your discovery public for a patent?
Awarded Oct 13, 2020 at 4:10
Do you have to make your discovery public for a patent?
Awarded Oct 8, 2020 at 5:21
How to get a patent or patent application permalink at the USPTO website?
Awarded Aug 31, 2020 at 4:06
Where to describe the problem in my application
Awarded Jul 13, 2020 at 4:10
How important are claims in provisional patents
Awarded Jun 17, 2020 at 4:08
How do entrepreneurs determine if their idea is not infringing any patents
Awarded Apr 16, 2020 at 4:30
What is the difference between Application number, Publication number and Patent number?
Awarded Mar 19, 2020 at 4:20
Is US 2013/0208181 A1 valid in Australia?
Awarded Jul 29, 2019 at 4:30
How to find a patent lawyer with an engineering background?
Awarded Jun 19, 2019 at 6:05
Are Patents Given to Common Practices?
Awarded Jun 18, 2019 at 4:05
Patent filling in Argentina
Awarded Feb 12, 2019 at 4:50
Canadian and intl patent application-in-process beat me to it
Awarded Jul 10, 2018 at 5:18
Is use in foreign countries a bar to patentability?
Awarded Jul 7, 2018 at 4:05
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Awarded Jun 22, 2018 at 4:18
Prior art for e-ticketing with a barcode image via the web
Awarded Feb 10, 2018 at 5:13
Protecting a User Interface: Design Patent and/or Copyright
Awarded Jul 24, 2017 at 4:33
What does claim 1 of US 2008/0255822 A1 cover?
Awarded Jul 24, 2017 at 4:33
Call for Prior Art US Patent 7,888,125 (Theranos) Duke v. Stanford
Awarded Jun 30, 2017 at 4:28
File a broad patent and specific embodiment separately?
Awarded May 26, 2017 at 4:47
Isn't this patent just a specialization of patent US7644114 B2?
Awarded Mar 15, 2017 at 4:04
Assigning Patents To Different People For Same Device For Over 100 Years, US 8567565 B2
Awarded Mar 7, 2017 at 4:35
How do we check if a patent already exists for our idea?
Awarded Feb 15, 2017 at 5:04
Ideas on how to do patent searching
Awarded Feb 5, 2017 at 4:14
Difference Espacenet, European patent register and Patent scope
Awarded Jul 25, 2016 at 4:46
How Do I avoid being sued for patent infringement when publishing my mobile app?
Awarded Jul 6, 2016 at 19:43
Is Software Patentable?
Awarded Jun 15, 2016 at 4:09
Scaling based on pixel density (Microsoft) - Patent Application - PRIOR ART REQUEST
Awarded Apr 13, 2016 at 14:46
Which patents were involved in Apple v. Samsung?
Awarded Mar 10, 2016 at 10:22
Can a sci-fi technology be submitted as prior art?
Awarded Dec 21, 2015 at 19:41
What is protected under this patent?
Awarded Dec 6, 2015 at 18:41
Is Software Patentable?
Awarded Oct 19, 2015 at 19:03
Should I patent my idea before posting it on the internet?
Awarded Oct 16, 2015 at 10:18
Patent of specific financial structure
Awarded Sep 9, 2015 at 0:57
Understanding File History and child parent of a Patent
Awarded Sep 9, 2015 at 0:57
I have functional prototype at hand. Should I wait for patent application be finalized?
Awarded Sep 9, 2015 at 0:57
Is US 5278057 A still in force?
Awarded Jul 21, 2015 at 21:42
Where can I view the figures from a patent?
Awarded Jul 18, 2015 at 20:24
Prior art for a GC scheduler with an adaptive free-memory threshold?
Awarded Jul 1, 2015 at 16:49
Plagiarism in a Patent Application
Awarded Mar 25, 2015 at 8:40
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Awarded Feb 24, 2015 at 9:12
What constitutes enough of a change in a design patent for me to construct something for personal use?
Awarded Jan 13, 2015 at 8:41
Is patent EP2382885 awarded or pending?
Awarded Dec 12, 2014 at 4:13
Press release distribution system Patent Application - PRIOR ART REQUEST
Awarded Dec 10, 2014 at 18:04
Design patents for tapes of varying shapes and sizes?
Awarded Oct 30, 2014 at 22:39
How can I check whether an idea has been patented by someone already?
Awarded Oct 1, 2014 at 6:22
How long are patents valid?
Awarded Sep 2, 2014 at 18:56
Search/Examination Reports
Awarded Aug 11, 2014 at 15:00
How can I contact the owner of a patent?
Awarded Aug 11, 2014 at 8:51
What is the expiration date of patent US 6,676,109?
Awarded Jul 24, 2014 at 2:12
Should I patent my idea before posting it on the internet?
Awarded Jun 6, 2014 at 13:17
Is it a good idea to avoid software patent issues by simply disallowing americans to use my product?
Awarded May 1, 2014 at 13:49
Apple US Patent 8,528,072 - Method, apparatus and system for access mode control of a device
Awarded Mar 7, 2014 at 7:31
What is a continuation patent?
Awarded Dec 24, 2013 at 20:54
Must one issue a warning before suing for patent infringment?
Awarded Nov 19, 2013 at 20:41
Is my system an infrigement of the Active Time Battle patent from Final Fantasy?
Awarded Jul 26, 2013 at 21:12
Relational Database - Using Objects to Access A Relational Database (DataTern) - Issued Patent - PRIOR ART REQUEST
Awarded Jul 23, 2013 at 14:52
Online Shopping - Network Sales System - Issued Patent - PRIOR ART REQUEST
Awarded Jul 22, 2013 at 18:40
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