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A company patented my idea (paper that I presented and publsihed)

Sending a random email will not do anything. Patent systems are very legalistic and bureaucratic but there are procedures to attempt to accomplish your goals. Do you have a case? First you need advice ...
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Commercializing a published research paper without the permission of author?

In the US, there is a one year grace period for inventors to file a patent application after public disclosure. Such disclosure does prevent you from obtaining patent protection in most other ...
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How related is this to a 2014 research paper

This is pretty hard to say how the two documents are related. The patent's filing date predates the cited paper so the paper can not be considered prior art (although it is certainly possible there is ...
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Response to Notice to file corrected application papers

Regarding your questions: 1. Under the heading "Amendments to the Specification begin on page 2 of this paper", should the applicant just mention the amended paragraph numbers or show the complete ...
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