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For questions involving the creation, use, sale, import or export of patented items without permission from the patent holder or any person legally entitled to grant a license. Also for questions regarding the legal implications for the patent holder or the infringer. If you are beeing sued or put on notice for patent infringement please note that this can cost A LOT of money, you should consult a patent attorney.

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Legal ramifications of including research algorithms in software products sold to clients

If I am a UK-based software vendor or 'software as a service' company, what are the legal implications of including academic research algorithms in products sold to European and international clients? ...
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Does the GS1 MCS industry guideline use US patent 8228198?

In March, 2012, all of the UHF Gen2 RFID chip manufacturers agreed to support Multi-vendor Chip-based Serialization (MCS), a voluntary implementation of a GS1 guideline for encoding 96-bit Serialized ...
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beelinereader patent coverage

I am a fan of beelinereader, I want to use same idea to implement a reader app,in their website it is written that their technology is patented as here https://patents.google.com/patent/...
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What Exactly Is It That Is Covered By This Resource Mechanic Patent?

In reference to the patent: US7216870 Does this mean that one cannot create a game that allows players to gain a resource when playing a card? Or would making resource accumulation as part of a ...
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This patent looks to be a spam/troll attempt

In reference to the patent: US20100313926 I'm an electrical engineering major that just graduated with my masters degree. I was looking at zeolite applications and I stumbled onto this patent. After ...
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I have filed for the same exact patten

While waiting on for actual patent title. We have gone further and have full working App. Bug free and API friendly cross platform. Here what I find challanig!' You have the utility pattent. but no ...
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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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Cutting up a product to use as part of another product

Would I be able to purchase another company's product that I would then cut up and use as material for another product I am making without infringing or being in violation of anything?
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I need help about a product

I want to create a product and I want to know how I can get a patent for it. Also I want to know this: Some technologies are already patented. Lets say I will do a doorbell system Smart doorbell. ...
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Is this a legit claim for a patent for a media to grow bacteria?

Can a patent for the media used to grow a specific bacteria be as broad as this? This patent claims all animal free media is covered by this patent, how can that be? Is the claim here that no one ...
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Prior Art Request for US20140296324 A1 (Virovek Incorporation) —Vectors harboring toxic genes, methods and uses therefor

This application from VIROVEK INCORPORATION seeks to patent a method of healing cancer! 10 minutes of your time can help narrow this US patent application before it becomes a patent. QUESTION - Have ...
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First Sale Doctrine applying to physical goods

In an example scenario when a person purchases a 30 pack of Kleenex then makes and sells lunch packs each of which includes a box of Kleenex. Is this person protected by the First Sale Doctrine to ...
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Does my product infringe on patent 5,344,396?

I have a product that is tubular but looks different and is pieced together to fit in skin tube and secured with a gripper. Used for restoring foreskin, am I infringing on this patent? Has this patent ...
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Can an abandoned patent affect an issued one ? There's a twist

Patent A was filed formally, March-13-2010, published Nov-2011 Patent B was filed provisional, March-14-2010, then formal-filed Mar-2011 The patents covered some similar areas, but Patent B spec was ...
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Is a patented European product able to be produced in US?

I came across a product that is solid almost exclusively in Europe with no reach or patenting in the USA. Am I able to pursue production and sale of this product in the USA? Do European patents apply ...
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Do patents offer protection from use by others?

Say I patent an innovative method or device for creating Cookies. I am in the Food business itself, not device manufacturing. Suddenly, some competitor appears claiming to use a trade secret method ...
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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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Is this a successful design around the Moki Doorstep?

This a continuation question arising out of the question: Knockoffs of the Moki Doorstep This is the patent: https://patents.google.com/patent/US10155479B2/en?oq=10%2c155%2c479 It appeared in an ...
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Potential Conflicts with a Patent Pending that examiner may have missed. Is it possible to notify the examiner?

Is it possible to notify a patent examiner of possible conflict in a pending patent he is working on? That he may not have identified? Is is proper for anyone to notify the examiner if they are ...
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Commercial product using GANs

I am thinking of creating a commercial product using GAN neural networks. How can I find out if the work done so far by others on which I will build upon is not patent protected. I would not want to ...
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Is Time-based One Time Password patented?

This question explains how authenticators like Google Authenticator and Authy are able to generate one-time passwords without connecting to a server. Are there any patents preventing someone from ...
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Does this patent cover up the use of a chuck to screw on to a threaded pipe

In reference to the patent: US8567823 Does the patent block the use of chucks on threaded tubes?, my design uses a rotating wheel to screw the chuck on which is locked at the end
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If someone owns a patent, does this mean they some sort of rights from places that use their invention?

https://www.google.lk/patents/WO2000073955A9?dq=ininventor:%22Michael+F.+Guheen%22&cl=en I happened on this and started wondering why this guy doesn't own half the Internet because shopping carts ...
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If someone file for a full patent after i file for a PPA can they steal my idea?

This information may be wrong but as im researching patents and PPAs. I heard if i get a PPA then after someone file a full patent if i don't get a full patent after my PPA ended they can legally take ...
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If i added an improvement to my PPA using only a drawling am i covered?

Lets say i come up with a new improvement to my invention and want to file another PPA and tag it on my old one. If i only include a drawling but no claims, am i protected at all? If Someone try to ...
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Could this be a design patent infringement?

I have a product that I am at the last stages of importing and have stumbled on a another product of similar design that is currently in application (29598689) of a design patent. As the product ...
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How an infringement in a qualification method would affect a product?

Let's have the following hypothetical case: Company develops a product using method 'X' for some testing procedure qualifying it. Company releases product, development is frozen, testing no longer ...
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What's the point of a patent?

I go to the store and I see many knock offs of name brand items that look and taste just like the original. Sometimes even the box look a like. This also goes for toys, phones, cars etc. Whats the ...
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Website Workflow and Service Patents

I am in the process of creating a website, that provides a service that is more generic than another "similar" website. The website only provides a service for a particular service, where my website ...
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UI Interface on Paper53?

Is the UI interface on Paper53 patented? Specifically, the screen with the open book where you flip between the pages.
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Is it safe to buy this product from this company when patent is granted?

If GPI company got granted this patent US 6173146 can it be still be sued by Canon if they think that this infringe Canon patent? Is it safe to buy this product from this company when patent is ...
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Does anyone know the patent number for First Response™ Gold™ Digital Pregnancy Test by Church &Dwight?

First Response was reformulated to include a new antibody to hCG beta-core fragment in a digital pregnancy test. Does anyone know whether Church & Dwight have filed patents on this new test?
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Defend patent infringement suit

Basic scenario: BigCorp applies for a patent for an overly broad software independent claim requiring the elements a+b+c+d+e+f The patent office rejects the application, back and forth, and BigCorp ...
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Adding of new matter in Patent 8,088,480

Patent US8088480 - Spend 10 years in the patent office and the file wrapper is really long. It looks like they have started infringement cases with 2 other companies. I am looking for a little help ...
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the Ownership of Patents between Former and Current employer

If an employee, John, switches from Company A to Company B, and the nature of John's work is similar at both companies, and John applies for a patent at Company B related to the same field he worked ...
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Is settling a civil patent infringement case via mediation considered estoppel in a possible ex parte review"

Two years ago, my small two-person firm was sued in US Civil Court for patent infringement. The cost to fight this case was astronomical- so we agreed to mediation quickly to keep the business going. ...
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Patent infringement for patent based vector and the sequence

In biotechnology area, the product claims of patents which are based vector(carrier) and the sequence always starts as "protein encoded by bla bla" However, what i understand is the sequence ...
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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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If a company has been selling your patented invention on the market

If the patent has been granted, what are your next steps. Assuming that you are successful in those next steps, what will you be able to get from the company? Will you be able to get 100% of profits ...
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How to protect against your patent attorney stealing your ideas?

So in order for me to file a patent for my ideas, I need to hire a patent attorney to write up the documents etc. This means that I must thoroughly reveal and describe my ideas to my attorney. How do ...
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Is my Grandfathers patent 243095 expired? Can heirs still claim it? Who was Commisioner of patents 1947?

It was application 725139. Lawyers were Clarence O'brien and Harvey Jacobson.
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How common is it for public companies in US to sue each other regarding patent?

I want a rough estimate and does not really need the exact number. Is it more than 500 per year overall? more than 100? So I want to know how common is it for these companies to litigate each other.
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If my patent is being infringed could I work for the company vs. requesting royalties or cease and desist?

I found a company who is violating about 4 of my claims. But I like the direction they're going and I kind of wasn't going to sell it. So how would it go if I chose to work for them? do you think they ...
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Design Patent of a product that has been sold in the market for years

thanks for reading this post. I listed a product online to sell. But my competitor claimed that I infringed his design patent. I looked at the patent and it looks exactly like the product I am ...
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Since this patent is expired, can anyone in the world freely manufacture this and sell for proffit?

The patent US 5782079 A is filed on February 1997. So it's been more than 20 years since it first patented. So this means this patent is no longer protected by the patent. So, can this be manufactured ...
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A final patent was granted, but in the process of a licensing deal, another claims first to file

This is an update from another question: This patent does not exactly change mankind, but it was an idea that I came up with a few years ago to make a product much better and stronger, while reducing ...
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Copied Activated water system

I was introduced to an activation water system in Malaysia. However I found out that this type of activated water system was patented by the inventor and is legally sold by another company also in ...
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patent infringement

In reference to the patent: WO2008050157A3 If I wanted to make ozonated oils that were a combination of essential oils and vegetable oils, and then that combination was ozonated, would it be ...
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