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How can I file a PCT patent from Non PCT country?
I want to file a international patent from Non PCT country.But my country is a member of Paris Convention. How can I file an international patent from my country?
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Revision of an application after submission, when responding to a deadline to maintain family continuity
I have a fast-approaching deadline to make payment on an NOA application (a CON on original granted patent), in order to get it granted. I also want to keep open the chance to extend the family by ...
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which documents need to be in a USPTO provisional utility patent for a software system
Presently I have:
COVER SHEET
ABSTRACT
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CLAIMS
What's missing?
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New data visualisation - Design or Utility patent
From what I have understood so far,
a design patent is a form of legal protection granted to the ornamental design of a functional item. Design patents are a type of industrial design right.
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a ...
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Is this patent still active? Was it rejected prior? If so why? [duplicate]
In reference to the patent: US20110299168
Looking to discuss this patent as we have the tech to develop it. Why has it been left under status of application for so long? Has something similar already ...
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is a computer listing necessary for a provisional utility patent?
My invention is a printed circuit board with a micro-controller, which runs my software algorithm.
The algorithm is about 3500 lines of source code.
I just read USPTO rule that computer listing of ...
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Are hand drawn diagrams sufficient for provisional utility patent?
To save time, I want to do a USPTO provisional utility patent that includes hand drawn system diagram, software block diagram, and software flowchart.
These will have ALL the same info. as the ...
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is a provisional utility patent the way I need to go?
I want to protect my invention as soon as, and as fast as possible with a provisional utility patent for the software and hardware design, and then have 12 months to complete the claims, etc. for the ...
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Is it possible to file a Freedom of Information Act requests for correspondence filed for a patent never published?
I believe there are some academics who are lying about their conflicts of interest that they were required to disclose, and that they may have applied for patents that did not even make it to the ...
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Can a competitor see my unpatented product in the market and patent it before I do?
Suppose I come up with a product with some characteristics that are unique enough that it could be patented. However, I don't have enough money to file for a patent at the launch date. Can a ...
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PCT Application
If a Provisional Application is filed in USPTO, let us say on June 01 2015 and before June 01 2016 a proper PCT Application (an International Provisional Application, this is also a provisional) is ...
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Patent filing via international PCT system
After filing an US application how much time should the applicant wait to file a PCT application?
What are the benefits of filing early or late?
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what should be the major sections of a software patent application?
Anything else other than the list at the bottom?
I have to do a lot of software patent applications for a hi-tech startup.
Management wants 100 this year.
For software patents of our embedded ...
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NO PATENT ISSUED AFTER FILING NINE YEARS AGO, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
There is no issue date on this patent. The application was filed in April of 2005, so how long can a person hold an idea that has yet to be patent? Can a person manufacture and sell an item that isn'...
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What to pay for an initial patent submission?
I am submitting a patent application to be filed. The USPTO asks to tick appropriate services
Filing | Search | Exam
Do I need to select and pay all of them at this stage OR for example Exam is ...
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Forgot to check 'Request Not To Publish'
Well I finally filed my utility patent application - about 20 minutes ago, electronically - and now I am wondering if I forgot to check the box for non-publication by the PTO.
Is there any way to ...
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Is a mathematical method an embodiment, or a ramification?
I am applying for a patent on a method to allocate transportation resources (e.g. trucks) among loads. Central to the patent is a (very simple) mathematical formula, into which I plug some variables (...
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