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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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What does it mean that this patent is dead?
In reference to the patent: US20080178629
The most recent legal event listed on this patent is "dead", what does that mean? Was it abandoned or does it mean that the application was denied for some ...
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I invented formulation. provisional patent application filed. if my ex-employee stolen it and misused, what I can do?
I invented formulation. provisional patent application filed. if my ex-employee stolen it and misused, what I can do to save from infringement.
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Filing patent application on invention that is beyond the remit of your exploitation
In truth there is no limit to how much work a person could do to ensure that his patent is exploited in market; if he cant make it, someone else might, or he may license the patent for someone else to ...
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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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What does "according to some aspects of the present disclosure" really mean?
Almost all patent applications are peppered with phrases like "according to some aspects of the present disclosure."
What does this really mean?
In other words, what is the legal distinction ...
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Follow-up question - Good ways for inventor to stage patent attorney for success
(Motivation)
I asked this question:
Patent Enablement - how do you balance retention of secrets and teaching make and use
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In the comments the question came up:
What is the best (or at ...
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PCT patents , is it Public Domain or up for grabs in my country?
If a PCT patent was filed in lets say "Ukraine" in 2004, but the owner let it never actually got it published as a patent in a national phase(in any country)legally may I file a similar patent in the ...
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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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Patents: Can USPTO be sued?
If I file for a patent pertaining to a product I've researched and did a patent search and the product doesn't exist, but when I file, USPTO declines to award patent and then I find that many people ...
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Guidance for patent application drafting and responding to claims
I am looking for guidance on preparing an effective draft for filing a patent and some examples and case studies that discusses how to effectively respond to claims…
Are there any specific resources ...
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Are there annuities to be paid prior to patent grant but to maintain the patent application in the United States?
Are there annuities to be paid prior to patent grant but to maintain the patent application in the United States?
CHATGPT says No.
But, https://www.quantifyip.com/blog/article6.aspx says yes.
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What type of patent is a process that uses a chemical?
For example say I developed a solution using 2 commonly found chemicals call them X and Y that can for example instantly and safely whiten teeth in a novel way never discovered before. Do I patent the ...
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How can I see whether an international patent application was filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)?
Given a patent application filed internationally, e.g. https://patents.google.com/patent/GB2571811A/, how can I see whether it was filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)?
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ICL_Class from patentpy package to CPC class
I downloaded USPTO bulkdata using patentpy package (https://github.com/JYProjs/patentpy). There is an ICL_class (International classification) field here. I need help to map this to CPC_class and ...
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Figures are missing from referenced patent
In reference to the patent: US20160304516
Why are figures missing and PDF unavailable?
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Improvement or new invention
I filed a simple provisional application on an idea, weeks later i realized that i can do better with this invention, added new material, new attachment, added a catch, and added an other uses for the ...
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Certificate of Correction for correcting the Application Data Sheet
I have a problem where I didn’t list the claims of priority in the ADS, though I did on the first page of the specification. (Everything is US.) The patent was allowed with minimal fuss and no one ...
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Why are USPTO patent applications numbered XX/XXX,XXX?
USPTO patent applications are numbered XX/XXX,XXX. Why the slash? I.e., why not XX,XXX,XXX? Is it to distinguish from USPTO patent numbers, or is there some other reason?
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Merely offering an idea for sale negates (affects) patentability. Really?
(Assuming I have a very novel invention that has been ready for patenting (for months or more), in the US.)
Suppose I write a press release or conduct an auction (online/physical) or tweet or even ...
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Creating Patented Invention in Country Separate from Origin Nation
I thought I came up with a new invention but unfortunately found that it was already patented in China. I am in the US and it wasn't patented here. I was told that I could in theory, build and sell ...
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Will our own product become prior art of our patent application?
We are a software company.
We release new features quite fast.
We have released a feature in our product in 2021, which have been used by a certain number of customers. Will it still be possible for ...
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Where I can find a translation of a Greek patent application?
I´ve been trying finding the translation into English of the Greek patent GR1004996B, by searching at WIPO patentscope, Espacenet and Google Patents, and didn't find it. There are just the original ...
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Can applications be edited before approval?
The book I'm reading ("Patent It Yourself" by Pressman & Blau) says patent applications cannot be edited after submission. In particular, it says:
If your patent application is rejected ...
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In a utility application, does the applicant put in arguments for usefulness, novel, and non-obvious?
I am currently reading through some utility patents on google. But I do not even see the words useful, novel, or no-obvious being mentioned in the patent.
In other words, who initiates the arguments ...
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How often are there multiple patent applications for the same invention filing almost simultaneously?
What percentage of utility patent applications are rejected because the examiner was able to find prior art that the attorney did not find because the application for the prior art was not published ...
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What percentage of patents applications are filed without a lawyer?
Is there any statistics on that? This might be an explanation for dumb patents. I am seeing quite a few of those as I am searching through google. The application process isn't expensive unless a ...
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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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For a patent application that is classified as simple, typically how many attorneys are assigned for such a case in a law firm?
For a patent application that is classified as simple, typically how many attorneys are assigned for such a case in a law firm?
And if there are more than 1, why more than 1?
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