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There was some issue with my provisional patent filing and the time given by USPTO to respond has lapsed. So, could I refile the patent as a NEW provisional patent filing under the SAME title 3 months ...

I just Googled the definition for the word system. Google says, a set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or an interconnecting network; a complex whole. So the phrase "A system ...

I managed to mess up and filed a terminal disclaimer shortly after the Examiner had already responded with a final office action. The Examiner made it clear in their response that the claims were ...

I was watching a 2014 episode of 'Shark Tank', Season 6, Episode 3. A woman pitching 'HeartPUP', a pet carrier, said that while in law school, one of her professors said, "Patent laws are changing ...

I have an omnibus PCT application. It contains multiple inventions. EPO charges 14 EUR for each page in excess of 30 pages. I have used large font and line height in my PCT application for better ...

Hi if I am submitting two provisional patent applications for two different claims but for the same invention can sections such as background, summary, drawings, detailed description, terminology, and ...

Hope you all are doing well. I want to check patent of my product Contour Gauge. Patent number of some one else is given, US2949674A. Here application status is expired for life time. should i check ...

I would like understand how a patent application get examined. Let's say, I have 1 independent claim and 99 level 1 dependent claims. Does that mean, the examiner search for prior art for all 99 ...

The invention is a tool that has a least one of feature Y on a first location. Then in preferred embodiments have feature Y in a second location and also different possible configurations and numbers ...

1.Trade Secrets Protections for confidential information such as formula, method, device, machine, compilation of facts or any information that is confidential and gives a business an advantage. ...

My algorithm uses the modified version of existing algorithm (architectural modification) and I have combined it with existing mathematical law. so can a patent restrict others form using such ...

I am translating a PCT application. Claim 1 recites a device. Claim 2 depending from claim 1 recites a first device and a second device by defining the device in claim 1 as a first device. Below is ...

wherein string A at least in part match with string B Is the phrase "at least in part" here valid when both string A and String B has the exact same value? Also is that phrase bi-directional?

If I understand correctly USPTO is a "relative novelty" office. There is a grace period of 1 year. Whereas EPO is an "absolute novelty" office. Anything disclosed before filing will be used against ...

It seems like patent claims requires the keyword "; and" before the last limitation. I'm not sure what is considered as last limitation here. Claim 1: A method comprising: cutting ... ; copying .....

I purchased a rechargeable clip on fan. This model is available from various re sellers but i want to find the manufacturer. I am hoping the patent number will get me to them. The number on the fan is ...

A claim reads like this. An apparatus for feeding humans, the apparatus comprising: item A; item B; item C. Another claim reads like this. An apparatus for feeding aliens, the apparatus comprising:...

I have a new type of mechanical device that doubles the output of all previous models. Do i post the machine as one all encompassing patent or break it down into a half dozen new ideas that take ...

Suppose I'm granted a patent a month from now and it lasts for 20 years. This means that the patent bureau (such as USPTO) will have created a record which stores the patent claims and also the ...

MPEP says, When any claim of an application or a patent under reexamination is rejected or objected to, any evidence submitted to traverse the rejection or objection on a basis not otherwise ...

Consider the following case: A nice examiner files final rejection but allows a post rejection interview and during the interview suggests how to amend claims for allowance and also suggests to file ...

I am looking at purchasing a house, that has a grove of trees that are patented, growing on the property. Am I able to sell the fruit since I will own the property on which it is growing? Also, it ...

While trying to submit my (personally-made) patent documents on EFS-Web I ran into an issue. I'm assuming that I should upload the pdf document of the provisional patent application in the "Attach ...

Sorry to disturb you, I am an Amazon seller and have infringed your appearance patent D698,996 S You are the owner of this patent. Can you license it for my Amazon store? I need a power of attorney ...

Can I cite Wikipedia as a reference in an IDS? For example, "Ducks", Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck, Retrieved from Internet 12/18/2019 And attach a print out.

The lifetime of design patent is 14 years (for designs which were filed before May 13, 2015) / 15 years (for designs which were filed on or after May 13, 2015) from the date of grant.

Thumbtack seems to have patented their business model (link to patent is below). Is it possible to patent a general business idea like this? Is it not possible to build a similar business in the US? ...

I believe the Paris Convention would allow me to file a patent application in country B within a year of filing the same application in country A. But does that year begin with the actual filing date ...

I have a situation where I need to protect the "value" which can be used in multiple steps. The value may be same for all steps, but sometimes it can different. I want to protect the value ...

I want to learn how to write pharmaceutical combination drug (API) patents and the format for them. Are there any good references also to learn how to evaluate the quality of a patent? whether it's ...

I have seen several patent applications where the application is listed as expired but below that there is an adjusted expiration date. Can someone please explain what this means? Here is an example: ...

My speciation contains terms like this. The term "Service" means .... The term "Service Administrator" means .... I have already filed my application. At the moment I'm amending my claims. I think I ...

Suppose I own a patent that has not expired. How do I legally and reliably transfer it to the public domain?

At the moment I'm manually entering the application number and reading the contents of image file wrapper in USPTO public pair. Is there a website where all USPTO application's image file wrapper ...

Let's say my patent has 5 independent method claims. Can all these claims have the same preamble? e.g. A method for doing X, the method comprising:

First, an explanation of the overall context is needed: A CIP has been filed by a sole inventor (me). After filing, it was decided that another individual probably should have been credited as a co-...

Independent claim: comprising: an X attachable to a Y. Does this establish an antecedent existence of Y to where the dependent claim should now say "the Y" or does the dependent claim need to first ...

I have a first OA on a CIP wherein the examiner has rejected claims identical to ones allowed in a related CON (actually granted now), which had a different examiner. (The rejections are not stated to ...

In a utility patent, are there particular good practice rules regarding depicting an invention being used on a workpiece? Should or can the lines of the workpiece be heavier, lighter, solid, broken, ...

I understand "novel" means all features of the claim are described in a single document. However, I don't understand the meaning of "feature" here. I have 5 wherein clauses in my claim. Each and ...

I'm trying to fill out the electronic verification form to get an EFS account. https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Patent%20Electronic%20System%20Form.pdf At the very end of the doc, ...

A theorethical patent situation: Claims include: 1. A machine comprising device type A and device type B arranged to achieve X. 2. A machine according to claim 1 in which device type A is an M. 3. ...

I have an application that is now on its fifth rejection. In some cases, I have made amendments in light of the prior art, and in all cases, I have presented rebuttals for arguments raised by the ...

If I amend my claims after normal publication (18 months), I believe my application will get republished again with amended claims. How long that process would take?

I have a PCT application that has around 250 claims. It's an omnibus application that covers multiple inventions. Listed all claims just for provisional protection. If I go for national/regional ...

In the US and EP, if an unnecessary inventor who has not contributed to the invention at all is listed as one of the inventors, can it be invalidated, challenged, or restricted exercise? In this case,...

If in the first independent claim I say "an X comprising at least one guide mark on the first side" can I then say in a following dependent claim "the guide marks are also on the second side"? Does ...

a tool, comprising: an X, having an X 1 edge, an X 2 edge, an X first face, an X-second face, an X distal end, an X proximal end attachable to a handle; and a Z guide marking on the X first face that ...

My team and I (UK based) are working with Graphene-based materials and have recently come up with an idea that we want to patent. However, we have not yet developed this idea into a functioning ...

I have read tech patents available on Google. I wonder how patents can be avoided to be reinvented or understood so neatly and specifically given a patent file is usually tens of pages written very ...