Questions tagged [small-entity]
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Can an individual applicant assert micro entity status for their 6th patent if they asserted small entity status on their 4th application?
Assume Bob files 3 apps as a micro entity, and rightfully so.
Bot misunderstand the rules, and thinks only 4 apps can be claimed as a micro entity.
To twist it further, he decides that patent 5 is ...
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Is entity status determined per patent family?
If a pro-se inventor, qualifying for small-entity status, licenses a patent application to an undiscounted entity such as a large corporation, does that mean that only that patent application (plus ...
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Micro, Small, Provisional, Non-Provisional
We have designed a new soft technique (algorithm) and we want to file it. The USPTO website is very complicated for tracing the correct answers, and it needs professionals like you. We have some basic ...
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