Questions tagged [patent-applications]
For questions relating to the preliminary steps of a patent, wherein an inventor or attorney files a draft of the patent either for review by a patent examiner, or in the case of provisional applications, for use later. Useful for questions relating to the drafting, scope, requirement, rules, and other such aspects of patent applications.
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complexity of Tinder's swipe matching process patent
https://patents.google.com/patent/US11513666B2/en
The above patent is for a feature in a dating app that protects Tinder's swipe matching process.
Most law firms assess application complexity and ...
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Prior Art on 2022/0168762
I am familar with CO2 snow cleaning. In section 0006 they state "conversion of liquid
CO2 into CO2 snow only takes place in a mixing chamber in which liquid CO2 is expanded into a carrier gas ...
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How are worldwide patent application numbers generated?
If in a worldwide patent application I wanted to create a significant number (e.g. a spouse’s birthday/ wedding anniversary) would I be able to request that number or are the numbers randomly ...
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Wording of patent titles: "Using the Same"
I have a question about how best to organize (rewrite) the titles of some patents that have been translated from Japanese, probably using machine translation. This is part of the translation of a ...
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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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How can I find patent applications, not the granted patent documents?
I need to find the patent applications for some patents, but they have all been granted so the original applications do not come up.
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Can you patent a combination of native bacteria?
Can you patent the usage of a combination of bacteria to fulfill a purpose like air purification?
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Patent Prosecution - SEQ ID NO
When drafting patent applications, can we skip certain numbers from the SEQ ID NOs? (This is just for convenience, so that I don't have to go back and renumber everything.) for US/PCT/worldwide, ...
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if the specifications of a utility patent describe a software method and system, is it possible to still have an apparatus claim?
In the specifications, the software patent application essentially have two identical paragraphs that describe the invention as a method and a system.
And consequently it is currently slated to have ...
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When will the patent office change for free the drawing published on an application?
I filed a US patent application in February and requested early publication. The patent application was just published, and the drawing on the cover page is not the one I suggested.
In fact, the ...
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Are patents required to be put online?
This is a kind of random question but are patents once there granted required to scanned and put online to allow people to check for past art? Or do companies like Google pay to have this done?
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Is there a way to determine if hackathon ideas are ultimately patented?
Is there any way to find out if a patent application is connected to results from a hackathon? For example, it has been said that DropBox, Inc. filed two patent applications (password strength meter, ...
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A patent issued as another patent?
In this answer, George wrote
It has been issued (Jan. 2022) in the US as Suggested functions for
formulas in spreadsheets US 11227106B2 but is still pending in Europe
as of October 12 2022.
where I ...
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Restriction Dynamic Currency Discount (DCC) Singapore and New Zeland
In reference to the patent: CA2383173C
Is there any restriction in using this patent in Singapore or New Zeland? Thank you in advance for any reply.
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Patent filling in Argentina
Argentina is not part of the PCT and needs filling via national route. Does anyone know what are the basic steps and cost for filling there with a priority document written in English?
I imagine that ...
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Where can I find a historical copy of an application?
In reference to the patent: US20050025364
I used this patent application as a reference in my thesis report but now it is having different content. Where can I find the content that I saw before?
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A patent application with a similar idea to an existing product
We are a software company based in Europe making spreadsheet software including add-ins.
In 2019, we added a feature in one of our Excel add-ins published in Microsoft Office add-in store, which has ...
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Can a "granted" patent still be revoked for new prior art discovery by USPTO?
Once the USPTO has published an invention, waited for the priority time (i.e., 18 months), completed a prior art search, and granted a patent, can it still be revoked by the USPTO if new prior art is ...
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Patent Act in Europe
I get few feedback from Europe examiners, and I made a mistake that I used accordance with the requirement of 35 USC 112
anyone knows there is similar act or regulations in Europe Patent Law.
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What is the status of US20120305616A1?
In reference to the patent: US20120305616
This patent application publication was filed May 2011 and I can't find any more details on this publication. How do I find out the status of this?
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Who knows the Germany Patent communication methods
anyone knows how Germany Patent Office contact with Patent applicants normally? I DID find some patent office still use ordinary mail to contact with applicants.
I appreciate if someone use their DPMA ...
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Patent Claims Examined?
I am not sure I can ask so many question in same day or not, but I hope so.
this is my 1st time to apply for a patent, and I made a lot of mistakes in description, embodiments, and claims, based on ...
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what is a continuation?
what is You apparently haven't filed a continuation. by @Gary S?
could anyone teach me? I was not allowed to ask in the thread, so I open a new thread if possible.
A final patent was granted, but in ...
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patent published vs granted
It's my first time to apply for a patent, I know some basic procedures but not very detail, could any expert to clarify my questions below
Could I say my application has no problem from the examiner ...
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Active U.S Patent Expired (U.S. Patent No. 8,475,818)
Has Active U.S Patent Expired (U.S. Patent No. 8,475,818) ?
When was issued and when does it expire?
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submitting a completed non-provisional patent application as a provisional patent application
I have hired a lawyer to draft a non-provisional utility patent application.
When it is completed, could I submit it as a provisional patent instead?
Whenever I am ready, I will then convert the ...
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I have 2 ideas for a utility patent what should I do with them?
I have a design for a modified sensored blushless dc motor and a method to control this modified motor. This modification along with the control method improves the BLDC motors power density, torque ...
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signature on amendment USPTO
in studying the I found this policy: An amendment must be signed by a person having authority to prosecute the application.
but no detailing where should I sign, anyone knows I just sign on the cover ...
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What figures/drawings to include if patenting a chemical solution?
My patent is for a chemical solution comprised of 2 chemicals that is used for a specific purpose in a specific industry. How am I supposed to include figures if it's not a design but just a ratio of ...
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can any patent attorney draft a good software patent?
I am trying to determine if a patent attorney truly needs to know anything about computers or software at all to write a good software patent?
The way I see it, all software is a method or a system?
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Fitting two distinct inventions into one patent?
Let's say that I am building a mobile app. There are two novel features of this app that set it apart from prior art.
However, these two features are inherently unrelated. But because they are for the ...
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German domicile for Germany Patent Application
Any overseas applicants have some suggestions on how to bypass this regulation? Or I have to pay attorney fee to a German attorney?
How will the patent office verify or use this German address? Will ...
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How to get e-office notification from USPTO
It's quite strange that I applied a utility patent but I can't be added to their email notification list.
I try to find the instruction but unsuccessfully, they just merge all into [patentcenter][1]
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How to submit ADS on the NEW patent center USPTO
anyone has experience to successfully submit your amendment files on the patentcenter
I DID submit it when EFS-WEB was available, now they have only patentcenter, I has a screen shot and I think this ...
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USPTO Amendment Requirement
Could someone confirm my understanding of USPTO policy is correctly
POLICY: The text of any deleted matter must be shown by strike-through except that double brackets placed before and after the ...
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how rigorous or legible must prior art be?
As I understand it, prior can come from any source and not just prior patents.
So for example, a YouTube video can be prior art, correct?
If so, what is the standard for a source to become sufficient ...
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Germany Patent attorney fee
Hi I am in contact with some Germany Attorney for a very simple furniture patent application. I attached a picture, and my patent is not complicated than this one. pls note I am applying for patent, ...
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abandonment patent
I had a patent. But patent with no reason now abandonment patent. Legal department directed patent this way. Now someone else made my idea and it is a 3 billion dollars annual sales. what can I do? ...
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how to write a claim for this attachment
suppose I have two vertical panels that was attached with each other as image attached, could I write below.
one vertical edge of the panel attached to another panel surface by appropriate meanings ...
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Filing in multiple countries with the same law firm and attorney
The question is, is there a cost benefit to filing a patent application in multiple countries with the same law firm and attorney?
Let's suppose that I file in the USA and Canada. I use the same law ...
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Applicant/inventor address change right before PCT national phase entry
I have filed a PCT application with International Bureau of WIPO almost 30 months ago. Now I want to enter the national phase in the US, the UK and Canada. I am the sole inventor/applicant and I'm not ...
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How can I find patent number 2208003.0?
I am interested in selling a product but an other seller (on their website) claims that this product is patented. I have contacted the seller and he says
"Our patent number is 2208003.0. This is ...
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Can patent technology be accesed by someone with teck knowledge?
I am thinking about applying for a patent, If my accounts are not secure when I purchase a patent, Can the technology be accessed and potentially make security issues worse by using the technology ...
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Why are so many patents linked to the US Postal Service?
I was analyzing a dataset that maps US Patent Classification (USPC) subclasses to Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes and product fields (description here, data available here, see zip file)...
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A company patented my idea (paper that I presented and publsihed)
During my master's degree, I wrote a paper and my supervisor did not understand my methodology was novel so he did not file a patent, after two years I noticed that a group of people from a company ...
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Find products related to patents
Apologies in advance if this is not the right place to ask the question. I am new to the forum.
I have a dataset of patent numbers and patent titles. I would like to link the patents to the products ...
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What does "in a further preferred embodiment" refer to in a patent?
I'm reading through a patent and in the section titled "Detailed Description of Preferred Embodiment" there are several paragraphs that begin with:
In a further preferred embodiment of the ...
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Patenting at universities: What is the best strategy?
I'm a postdoc at a university and made an invention I think could be patentable. I may want to use it for a startup in the future (likely in the US), and would like to have patent protection before ...
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Status of "Allowed" Application After Being Revived
I have a few questions on both a granted patent and a pending non-provisional application.
Our granted application was abandoned because the Oath was filed "after" the Allowance and Issue ...
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