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Art. 54(3) EPC is limited to European patent applications and PCT applications in their European phase (R.165 EPC, if fees are paid, translations are provided). Why does he EPO limit the subject of ...

If a company outright bought the rights to the patent for X dollars while it was still in pending status, what would happen if later the patent is rejected?

I see in that, assuming national law provides for it, there are provisional rights in EPO application from the day of publication. Art. 67(1) EPC: A European patent application shall, from the date ...

I filed two applications last year in February. Both have been allowed, by different examiners. I received a notice of allowance on the first one three weeks after payment of the issue fee, and it ...

So an inventor as submitted its utility patent applicable, which may or may not be approved years from now. He then tries to solicit companies to buy his invention immediately after submitting his ...

So after one submits their patent application, the status of the patent is pending. At this point, can someone else still user your invention?

I just recently learned that it takes years for a patent to be approved (which is utterly ridiculous). So is there a way to sell and or license out your invention while your application is waiting for ...

I am researching the company Inventhelp to help me sell my invention. But they don't even provide legal services. Does that mean that one can sell an invention even without having it patented?

Is it the simpler the invention, the faster the approval / rejection decision?

I have invented a new algorithm that I want to patent in Germany/Europe. However, I have kept my code implementing the algorithm in a public GitHub repository. I have not assigned a license to it. The ...

It cost time and money. If your invention already exists somewhere, why not let the patent court discover it and reject your application?

This question is a spinoff of this one: If I license my patent to a corporation, would that tip them off to try to claim this patent in another country? From the question above, I learned that if I ...

Can I manufacture item patent #7694617B2 without infringement? It is currently Expired - Fee Related, with and adjusted expiration of 2028-12-03

So let's suppose that I have been granted a patent in the US. I then license out this patent to a manufacturer to market the product in the US. The manufacturer obviously believes in the product, ...

If you are only considering filing a patent in one country, then as soon as your patent is granted it becomes public. So that means that someone in China will be able to manufacture and sell the ...

I cannot draw, but I can make videos. Is it allowed to use videos instead of drawings?

Currently, I have an idea to improve, re-design, or add a feature to an existing product. The product is a piece of wearable fitness garment. This additional feature is very simply to implement. Yet, ...

For example, for a novel artificial intelligence algorithm, one may have some description of the experimental data and results, in addition to the description of the artificial intelligence algorithm ...

We all read in places (magazines, Internet, books...) that different scientists, throughout the history, registered tens, hundreds, and even thousands of inventions and patents. However, if only one ...

I have found a patent (PCT/GB2014/000088 or WO2014147361A1) which also has the following related patent documents listed: CN105189237 **EP**2976240 KR1020150138257 US20160161950 JP2016520464 ...

I have made a web machine out of HTML, CSS and JavaScript that, at a minimum, handles data otherwise handled in a spreadsheet application. The machine's parts are essentially draggable holders (DIVs) ...

I've been looking into a specific piece of equipment called a 'present weather sensor' that uses a sensor looking at a sample in air to determine the visibility and current weather (i.e. rain, snow, ...

What are the "procedural steps" Art. 24(3) EPC is referring to? Art. 24(3) EPC Members of a Board of Appeal or of the Enlarged Board of Appeal may be objected to by any party for one of ...

If I steal someone's algorithm, how would anyone be able to prove that I am using their algorithm? Only I have access to the code for the algorithm? Unless someone sees my code, they can't say what ...

There appears to be no difference between the 2 APPs. So how come Uber's patent didn't prevent Lyft from stealing its ideas?

Google Patents says that US patent application US11/673,907 is now abandoned for "FAILURE TO RESPOND TO AN OFFICE ACTION". But before it was abandoned US29/339,218 was filed as a ...

For example, if you are patenting a new APP / website, how would you go about finding the right attorney that specializes in APPs and websites?

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 ...

in patent number US 7,791,591 B2 on "optical mouse using VCSEL" in fig.1, number 22 seems to refer to two different things: a computer first and than the same number is used for labelling a &...

In my experience very few US patent documents have reference numbers in the claims or abstract, even though doing so would make the document easier to understand. Why is this? MPEP 608.01(m) states: ...

Everywhere I look I see the phrase "oath or declaration." Yet when I look at the form provided by the patent office, it says only "declare." Where is the optional/disjunctive "...

I understand that a "straight" continuation allows for the addition of new claims, but no new matter in the description. I also understand that a "continuation in part" allows for ...

I have searched for my invention and found some related prior art, but nothing which would prevent a good patent from being issued. There certainly are gaps in my search, however, and I'd like to hire ...

What I understand about novelty requirement of an idea is that, The idea is required to be new from the existing prior arts. And by the non-obviousness requirement of the idea is that, The idea is ...

It was application 725139. Lawyers were Clarence O'brien and Harvey Jacobson.

I had an idea for a child safety product in early 2020. Between then and now (my idea is still in design stage) a similar product has appeared on the market. They have a patent application pending. ...

I have made a product and another company got a patent on a similar idea. Problem is that their first independent claim looks meaningfully different(in my opinion) from mine but there is the same idea ...

I am an independent inventor who's planning to file a pro se US patent application. My understanding is that the IDS is supposed to contain all references material to the prosecution of the ...

As simple as that. In the case of a PCT process: a) Is there any advantage in requesting an early publication before getting the result of the International Search Report (ISR) and the written opinion?...

Sorry for the dumb questions but as an engineer I am trying to file a patent myself. I was advised to copy the existing patent that is very similar to mine and start by modifying it for my own idea. ...

Is it a good idea to put an idea included in a PCT application in the public domain so that it becames prior art? Is it a good idea to do so before the International search report is done? And after ...

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 ...

How does a preliminary examination report help in the PCT and patenting process? What are the consequences and advantages of international preliminary examination? Is it worth it in terms of time and ...

This report is the last time Technology Center 1650 updated their date: https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/og/2019/week19/TOC.htm#ref16 Which shows as "Report last updated on 03-31-2019.&...

The parent application was filed in 2019 based on a provisional filed in 2018. I didn’t fast track the parent, thus it is still pending, and it contained enough material for several patents. Since ...

If I add my recently issued patent as an argument or citation for patentability and non-obviousness in support of a claim rejection on a nonfinal first office action, will the patent have to go ...

I have a method I use for teaching meditation that I would like to patent, or at least protect. Suggestions?

Since patent registries are fully public, i was wondering whether it is legal to use a nominee as patent inventor to preserve privacy. I tried to google for this, but I was only able to find results ...

I (private individual) am going to apply for a patent, and would like to subsequently transfer the ownership of this application to a newly formed company. Is this possible or do i have to wait until ...

Case 1 - data are taken from 'A', an element known to prior art; said data are processed (a novel process) and results are useful for field 'B' to the extent that they meet part of its requirement. ...