Questions tagged [process]
For questions relating to the process of filling for or obtaining patents through the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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Is it possible to patent an operational workflow in EU?
I am designing a process something like "order online and collect" or "load parcels to a van in the order of the destinations to make unloading easier" (if these were novel). Is it ...
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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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Patentability Of Parameter Optimization For Previously Patented Process
I am curious as to patentability of one critical parameter of an existing (and patented) process. For clarity I will posit a hypothetical situation analogous to a real situation.
Industrial material A ...
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Is it possible to patent a new general method of optimizing some industrial processes?
I have finished a new method (implemented as an algorithm/software) which exploring data inputs obtains a sequence of steps, appliable for different industrial processes, that reduces drastically ...
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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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Filing to expand on already filed utility patent, how do I go about this?
I have already filed non-provisional utility patent applications. I need to add more information prior to the USPTO publishing one of them. Basically, I'm going to copy the existing application, and ...
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Challenging a patent application
A PCT has been published, in its National Phase, in the US on 18 Oct 2018. I have formally challenged this through the proper channels and assume that it will fail to be granted (it is entirely based ...
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Am I getting a response for Rescission of Previous Nonpublication Request?
I filed a US patent using EFS-Unregistered on June 1st, 2018 with request not to publish. I filed the related international ePCT on June 4th, 2018. I understood that I would need to rescind the ...
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Can an improvement be made on a patent and then made in the public domain?
I have design improvement to the rubber glove for restaurants that work with gloves in front of the customer. It will reduce the cost significantly on production and material. Can I make it in the ...
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How are patent processes initiated in big companies (typically)?
This is a part of my effort to help my friend who is thinking about patenting an idea (regarding some concept of security and compression). This is obviously not my idea and I am only helping my ...
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Can a method of teaching based on research be patented
My partner and I interviewed hundreds of high-achievers and reverse engineered their process to discover universal practices and methods of goal achievement. We wrote a book on the subject. Then a ...
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Can I patent a process in US being from another country?
sorry if this question is too stupid or something, but couldn't find the answer anywhere.
Basically, there are 2 (conditional) questions in one:
1. can I file to patent a process in US?
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An expired patent, medical process using different ingredients to use in a medical procedure. I have been taught this and want to use it on my own
The process , or recipe, was patented 40 years ago and is still in use today at a few centers in and out of the US who still pay the Dr royalties. The patent has expired and the Dr/scientist who ...
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Altered Patents
In the process of altering an already patented proven chemical process. would someone be able to patent an process in which the outcome may be the same as the already patented process? and if so what ...
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Scientifically invalid patents
This is going to be a weird question. I am an academic researcher. In my field there has been a key topic whose "accepted" solution has been known not to work since 1962. Nobody had been able to ...
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which components used in cup discharge and how that process worked? [closed]
In reference to the patent: US4590975
i want to know that how this cup automaticaly capping and discharge? please sir i request u to give some knowledge about this concept.
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Can I patent this process or workflow?
I was suggested to come here to ask this question- didn't even know this board existed. Hopefully I can get some info here.
Onto the Q:
I'm about to launch a startup that specializes in advertising. ...
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How to apply for a patent in the US/EU?
How to apply for a utility patent for an invention in US?
What is the procedure of this process?
What are any other important details?
Can a US base technology patent be extend to EU?
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My old patented invention appears to be patented again
In reference to the patent: US 8,384,613
What one has to do, if this patent is not new and just gives the same idea patented in 1990?
I would be grateful on an answer.
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Am I eligible for a patent?
I've been working for a company for a year now. About 2 months ago, I had an idea for creating a manifold. My idea has saved the company thousands of dollars in manpower, resources, and time. I was ...
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Can I buy patent for a specific gesture that I have used for specific purpose in google glass app?
I am new to patents and I was wondering that can I buy patent for a specific gesture used for a specific purpose in Google glass.
The thing is that I have implemented something in one of my glass apps ...
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Final Patent Filing Procedure
What are the key elements needed to prove Concept after getting a provisional patent filing accepted in order to complete a final filing documents?
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How does the patent approving authority check for the novelty of the idea that you want to patent for
When the patent has been filed, how does the patent authority check that the idea or product you produced is new. How does they check that their resources that there exists no patent for the idea you ...
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How does the public review process work for US patent applications?
I am aware of a patent application that has been filed that I wish to challenge.
I know the application number, but the it was recently filed and is not publicly available for review on the USPTO ...
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Is the Amazon Locker Patented?
I did an advanced search for AN/"Amazon" AND (delivery OR locker OR distribution) and could not find a patent for the Amazon Locker. Is it patented? If so, what is the patent number? Is it publicly ...
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What steps does a patent application follow?
Sorry for this extremely basic question, but it does not appear to be a duplicate.
What states may a patent be in? How does it get from one state to the next?
My understanding is the flow goes ...
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Is it possible for an Indy developer to self-publish software
Is it possible for an independent developer to self-publish software? Even if you crossed your Is and dotted your Ts, documented prior art for every single idea you were conscious, that at least a ...
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How can an individual participate in the examination process for US Patent Applications?
Is there a mechanism for the public to participate on the examination process of a patent under examination? More specifically, is there a mechanism, for a person or for a company, to submit ...
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modified process of known process can be patented?
we have done a process which has been already done around 50 years ago & is patented in US. We have just modified the process with no new invention done. we have just make the process just by ...
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Formal response after examiner's amendment
I've received a Notice of Allowance for claims contained in an examiner's amendment. The claims aren't exactly as I'd want them, but I feel my options are limited. I know I can file a continuation ...
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I am seeking to provide information that invalidates claims in a specific patent, how do I provide this information to the patent office?
I have specific information as a deep matter expert on a topic that invalidates most, if not all, claims of a patent application currently pending. Some this information may be missed by the patent ...
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How To Tell If Applicant Was Granted a Patent
So if there is no patent, only a publication number how do I tell if they were ever granted a patent or if they were, where is it? I'm looking at publication # EP2526617.
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What exactly is Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH)?
The Wikipedia page on this does not have much information, nor any mention of prosecution. A few questions related to this come to mind:
What is PPH and how does one use/benefit from it?
Who is ...
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At what point can a patent lawsuit become reality?
Related to this question on 3D Systems patent expiry, it appears that 3D Systems are raising a patent infringement lawsuit on the basis that Kickstarter and Formlabs:
knew or should have known ...
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What is a request for continued examination?
I have received a final office action with a rejection. My patent attorney advised going for an RCE (request for continued examination). How does it work? and how many RCE can one request?
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Seeking direction to educate myself on the patent process
I had an idea for a new piece of technology, a gadget. I found a patent filed and though the intent of the invention and results are similar to what I would propose, my method (technology for ...
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What is an "Office Action", and what types of "Office Actions" are there?
I have seen this term used often and have a vague idea as to what it means, but since I have not seen this term used in other fields I thought I would ask here. Is any response from the Patent Office ...
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Can I patent my logic for a pantry management system?
Is it possible to patent my own logic for determining if pantry items have gone bad in a software system for managing items?
I don't expect there to be a god-given algorithm for this logic, but if I ...
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Are Software Development Methods patentable?
For example, if something like a method of Agile programming practices were singularly developed before they were popularly used, could a company have patented the 'system' including the parts that ...
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Is it practical for a novice to successfully file a patent without hiring a patent lawyer?
I am an undergraduate student in the US, and have come up with a (hopefully) patentable idea independently of my studies. The upside of that is the university cannot claim any rights to my invention; ...
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Revising a poor English translation of a US national phase application based on a foreign language PCT application
A patent application was originally drafted in a language other than English and filed in a country other than the US. It was subsequently translated into English and made a PCT application and ...
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Can a YouTube video be submitted as prior art?
I'm trying to determine whether there is evidence that definitively confirms that a YouTube video can be submitted as prior art.
If there is an example of one being used as the grounds for rejecting ...
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