Questions tagged [licensing]
For questions broadly relating to the licensing and legal sharing of patents. Note that questions about specific license agreements are off-topic.
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How to feel about the absurdly high invalidation rate in the US?
Hello I am an inventor with two granted US patents.
My first was infringed but it was unenforceable because the infringer was not established enough of a company to make a good target for litigation ...
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Are patents often drafted and worded with the expectation that potential licensees would read it?
Besides the specifications of the invention, patents often contain sections comparing the invention to prior art, making the case for the invention as an improvement.
I am wondering if this section is ...
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Could I sue some company if my patent application was pending or rejected?
it takes more time than I expected, and I am confused with my project, a lot of plan was delayed?
could I contact potential licensee before my patent granted, how about the company use my patent and ...
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What is the reason that the majority of licensed patents of Universities do not produce substantial royalties?
I was reading Stanford's technology transfer statistics. It looks like in the past around one quarter of their patents were licensed whereas now the number is greater than one third. This may at first ...
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Companies that Cover Patent Fees in Exchange for Partial Ownership?
Are there companies that offer assistance with patent filing and are willing to cover the associated fees in exchange for partial ownership? Can you recommend some such companies?
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Can I sell a futuristic patent company
Would it be possible to sell I futuristic space Mineing patents to a company’s using a patent examples a super intelligent system patents to a company or in immortality and lots of other things that ...
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Do you need to inform employer of patent licensing that you obtained on your own?
I have full time job and I am thinking about getting a patent on my own and licensing it. It has no connection to my full time job. Do I need to tell my employer that I am licensing a patent. Does ...
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How does the corporate world of R&D view independant inventors?
I have been working for 4 years as an independant inventor focused primarily on two patent families. Some are granted in those families.
However I am finding it very difficult to successfully license.
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In what countries are royalties from a patent beyond 20 years still allowed [closed]
I heard that in the US, the inventor can no longer collect royalties beyond 20 years for their patent.
In what other countries is royalties beyond 20 years still allowed?
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Why would an inventor license his invention only to one corporation?
Let's suppose that there are many companies that are potential marketers for a new invention. Why would an inventor only license out his invention to one of these companies? Wouldn't he make the most ...
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What is the proper protocol prior to the meeting where an inventor will be negotiating his patent pending invention to a corporation?
An inventor's patent is pending approval.
He is now soliciting corporations to either buy or license his patent pending invention. What must he and the corporation sign before the meeting where he ...
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Is there a place to get an appraisal for a patent that is intended to be sold or licensed out?
I am estimating that it'll cost me $5,000-$10,000 to get a patent on my invention.
The invention is a piece of manufactured textile wearable fitness garment.
If it is sold on Amazon, I'd estimate it ...
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Does Free license projects need to worry about patents?
I want to create a new OS which runs on a Micro-controller (like Raspberry pi pico). Only I must control every aspect of this project and I don't allow any contributor.
I have plan to publish it with ...
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what incentive is there for a company to buy or license an invention before the patent is approved?
So an inventor as submitted its utility patent applicable, which may or may not be approved years from now.
He then tries to solicit companies to buy his invention immediately after submitting his ...
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If I license my patent to a corporation, would that tip them off to try to claim this patent in another country?
So let's suppose that I have been granted a patent in the US.
I then license out this patent to a manufacturer to market the product in the US.
The manufacturer obviously believes in the product, ...
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Licensees of standard essential patents
Does anyone know of any lists providing the licensee of SEPs within a handful of industries (such as IoT, cellular, wifi and similar)?
I'm trying to investigate how SEP licensing fees may affect small ...
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How would you find someone with expertise on selling to Patent Assertion Entities?
I've tried googling all sorts of different sentences trying to find information on PAEs. Nothing that comes up is of any use.
Here is my situation:
My patent was granted in 1 country, pending in ...
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How do companies like ARM handle improvements to their patent licenses?
I am trying to get a clearer picture of how companies like ARM manage to stay afloat with just IP/Royalties. Recently ARM licensed some of it's instruction sets to Apple in order to design/build the ...
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Question about joint patent ownership
Suppose company A and company B jointly own the rights of a patent, and that this patent results from the work collaboration between inventor 1 (from company A) and inventors 2, 3 (from company B). ...
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Does a company have to disclose licensed patents?
I am attempting to compare two technologies, one of which is claimed to be covered by a licensed patent. The company says that it does not disclose it's licensed patents.
My understanding is that ...
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How much can you change a PPA when converting into Non-Provisional such that you will be able to keep the PPA date?
Concerned with PPA “converting” to Non-Provisional
I am in the process of drafting up a software Provisional Patent Application. I have an issue in that there are parts of the system that require ...
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I created an object that I never patented but someone else did I don't know
I created an object but never got around to patent it. I mailed the drawings and all my design ideas to myself to protect the right of later patenting it. I still have that mailing unopened in my ...
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Valuation of Patents
When it comes to licensing or selling a patent it is important to know its estimated value. My question is how someone can find appropriate method/methods for patent valuation ? I know there is many ...
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Can I patent and create an existing service with a different name, in a different state?
If I wanna patent my idea.. but there currently already have an app of it in a different state for which it's present, could I use and patent my idea that's similar to the existing one without getting ...
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Patent exhaustion: services utilizing a patented device
Assume a patent is awarded with apparatus and method claims applying to some device with an intended process. For example, consider a potato peeler intended to be swiped across potatoes, in which ...
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Will paying for US patent from foreigner be considered importing?
I am foreigner of USA, and have an US application in defense article. If a US company pay for that patent, is it considered importing technology?
Since the tech is available in the US territory ...
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Patenting medicinal plants in Australia [closed]
Interest in associated costs and what potentially pharmaceutical companies may pay for such patents? Also do patents generate money without selling them?
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Acquiring freedom to operate
I am developing a hardware product that I would like to sell. It is fairly novel, in that there is nothing with similar capabilities on the market today. However, I have identified at least 1-2 ...
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Could I allow the public to build proof of concept while protecting my patent rights?
I have filed a provisional patent for my holographic system. This is a field crowded with, sometimes literally, smoke and mirrors, systems that fail to work, or deliver the promised effect. This has ...
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Are other parties free to innovate on my invention?
If another party patents an invention which builds on my own, do they have to get a license from me before they can start manufacturing their product? For example, if I invented the 'chair', and ...
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Additional Design Patent as backup for a Provisional Patent (strategy)
I am considering filing both a provisional patent application and a design patent application. The design patent application would be a backup if the reviewer would abandon the provisional, so that at ...
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is this patent protected outside of the US?
In reference to the patent: US8739921
is this patent only protected in the US?
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Combining patented products
I have found 4 patented products combined together created a cream that has amazing results on burns and non-specific skin conditions. Am I able to patent my product?
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What was the duration of the exclusive right granted to rizla+ over this patent?
In reference to the patent: US4985302
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What if two persons on the Patent had nothing to do with the development or invention of the patent [closed]
In reference to the patent: US8689717
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Is there a maximum that someone could charge for licencing a patented technology?
Also, can a patent holder decide to not let someone use their patented technology altogether?
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Where can I find information on change in ownership of patent or licensing deals
I am searching for a database detailing post-grant legal events such as licensing of rights or transfer of ownership.
I am willing to subscribe to a payment-based database.
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Violation of trademark/Patent?
In my National and PCT International, patent specification I have included an apparatus called Annular finned-tube heat exchanger, which is new in design. This heat exchanger is ring/annular like in ...
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Assigning Patents To Different People For Same Device For Over 100 Years, US 8567565 B2
Chain lubricating apparatus and method
US 8567565 B2
This appears to be the same idea repackaged by different individuals for over 100 years. Is this a common practice?
Also can BKC renew the ...
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Is patent US 4,734,658 A avalible free of change in commercial products? [closed]
In reference to the patent: US 4,734,658 A
We are from India, we wish to use this patent in one of our products. Can we use this patent free of charge or we have to pay some amount?
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If you improve on a design do you still need to ask permission/pay royalties?
Say there is a patent out there for something, say a fork and I improve on the design in some fundamental way even though the core of the object is still fork like, do I still have to get permission/...
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How can an academic lab explore RPA?
In reference to the patent: US 9,057,097 B2
Much of this technique was described previously in Piepenburg et al. (PLoS ONE, 2006). Can academic labs explore this approach using the method described ...
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Patent enforcement
Can a US company which does not hold a patent for a product or method sell a US patented product or use a US patented method overseas without a licensing agreement?
Is a US patent enforceable against ...
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there a patent on my idea but it is expired how do I get the rights?
I came up with an idea and after getting it submitted to a patent agent. I found that something similar had been submitted in 1998. I was told by my agent that there is nothing I can do as far as ...
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What patents do I need to buy or lease to make and sell an electric guitar to the public?
I want to make and sell my own electric guitars. However, I have not invented the instrument, nor was I the inventor of any of the major advances in the field. However, I have some changes (mostly ...
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Question on rights to patent [duplicate]
In reference to the patent: US20040108409
I would like to purchase rights to this patent if the inventor is interested. Can you please point me in the right direction? Thank you.
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Printing the patent image from US patent [duplicate]
IN reference to :- US2249572 Wearable bone-conduction hearing aid
Do I need permission to print an image from patent?
Is it public domain?
USE:- Printing would be on vinyl wallcovering and ...
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Patenting something that uses components already patented
I would like to patent a new device that solves a new problem, which uses some components which are already patented. Can I file that patent?
In the case I licence it, do I need to arrive to an ...
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Can I buy and use a patented technology without incurring in troubles?
We are a new start-up team based in Europe and have few or none knowledge on usage of patents and patented technology. We designed a chemical process that includes buying and using a patented ...
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Licensing Strategies and Negotiaitons
Q: What is your seasoned opinion on how to best proceed to negotiate a profitable and fair licensing deal under the following circumstances.
I most appreciate opinions from those who have actually ...
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