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During patent application submission, which case is correct for approval?
To supplement another answer - You mention a "main mechanism". A critical point before drafting a patent application is to determine what you think that the invention is. If you have ...
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During patent application submission, which case is correct for approval?
I'm not an attorney, but generally you submit drawings that illustrate just the specific mechanism involved in the invention with enough context to explain how it works. Ordinary elements like motors ...
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Basic Shaped Products Design Patents
As mentioned in comments, it is not how simple or fancy it is. It needs to be a novel and non-obvious ornamentation of something. A design patent must relate to an "item of manufacture". A ...
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Which patent is right?
The answer is maybe both. Design patents cover the ornamental design of functional objects. If you want to protect the look of the packaging then a design patent is a good way of doing it. Utility ...
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Can someone steal the designs associated with a patent application that has not been granted? Are the designs afforded protection?
If the application is rejected, the claims are likely deemed not patent eligible which means others can use them, but not patent them. (Even if the rejection is based on some other factor, the ...
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