Questions tagged [ids]
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If a standard form needs some format corrections described in the OA, should the resubmitted form be re-dated or should it keep its original date?
Specifically it is an Information Disclosure Statement in which some dates for non-patent refs were missing, but no new references are being added.
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Non-analogous art on the IDS
I am an independent inventor who's planning to file a pro se US patent application.
My understanding is that the IDS is supposed to contain all references material to the prosecution of the ...
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Which IDS form works on the PTO website?
I can't get the PTO's web system to accept my IDS. The error statement says,
The version of the USPTO Fillable Form you are attempting to attach is
outdated. Please go the following website to access ...
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Does a CIP IDS require a copy of the parent US application?
I'm filing 2 CIPs on a US parent application that was published less than a year ago, with the specification cross-referencing the parent and a couple of later provisionals. Should the IDSs list any ...
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Information Disclosure Statement for counterpart foreign application
I filed a PCT application in 2019.
I also filed a US patent application WITHOUT claiming priority from the PCT application in 2019. I received "Written Opinion of the International Search ...
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Can inequitable conduct lead to patent invalidation before litigation?
If an applicant knowingly withholds prior art information from an IDS, are there ways the patent can be invalidated after grant (other than through litigation)?
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Does an IDS filed after a non-final election requirement require payment of a fee
An IDS can be filed without requiring a fee if done so a) within 3 months of filing the non-provisional application or b) before the first office action on the merits.
I have a (first) non-final ...
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Can I cite Wikipedia as a reference in an IDS?
Can I cite Wikipedia as a reference in an IDS?
For example,
"Ducks", Wikipedia,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck, Retrieved from Internet 12/18/2019
And attach a print out.
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Do I have to disclose the infringement in the Information Disclosure Statement form?
Let's say,
I filed my Provisional in Jan 2019.
I disclosed my work to the public in Mar 2019.
An infringer copied my disclosed work and released a product in Jun 2019.
I'll file a non-provisional ...
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Burying prior art/achieving broad presumption of validity via IDS
Are there any consequences for disclosing "too many" references in an information disclosure statement (IDS)?
For example, one may do this to bury a damning reference, overwhelm the examiner so that ...
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Forgotten Prior Art - IDS
If I forget and/or cannot relocate a reference that would otherwise be required in an information disclosure statement (IDS) under duty of disclosure, are there potential inequitable conduct issues ...
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PCT with US RO --- how to file the IDS?
Last month I filed a PCT application with the US as the receiving office, using EFS-web. I uploaded everything (I think) correctly and paid my microentity fees. I want to now file an information ...
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How should existing software products be described in an IDS, if at all?
In an IDS for a software/computer-implemented method application, how should existing software products be documented, if at all, when the software products in question have a subset of functions of ...
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