I'm trying to determine if a new invention will pose risk for infringement. The claims under this patent seem very abstract in nature, thus preventing anyone from designing an application that retrieves general fishing related-data from users, processing it and then providing results based on said... Read more »
You really need to contact a patent attorney to help you. The patent attorney should be able to tell you whether your company's product (or service) infringes of that patent or not.
If it looks like that your product infringes on the patent, then you have several options. You could... Read more »
If you have an item that you want to patent, what are the steps to get a patent, or where would you go to get a patent?
And can the patent include more than one person for the creation of the object?
To get a patent, you need to reach out to a patent attorney, and the patent attorney will take care of it for you.
If you do not know a patent attorney, reach out to any attorney that you know, and he will put you in touch with a patent attorney who should be able to help you.
$785
You need to pay $785, when filing a regular patent application. The fees include filing fee, search fee and utility fee.
However, there are some discounts, and many additional surcharges, so depending on circumstances, the actual fee that you need to pay to the Patent Office... Read more »
US Patent for Sole part Patent (Patent # 9,980,533)
Yes, you can.
As long as you do not do what it says in the claims (literally or otherwise), you should be OK. You can take their idea of flexible sole, but just not what is in the claims.
I am sole inventor. Michael Tallen. Dennis Fenton did not come up with idea nor did any of the work. I was fresh out of school. He threatened me to get name on patent snd drove me out of Amgen. Today he is on Board of Directors of over 200 Biotech Companies worth $500M. Amgen got to markets... Read more »
I can't give you an exact answer to your question because I do not have all the information, but here is several points which you should consider.
(1) There is a difference between an ownership of a patent and an inventorship.
(2) An inventor is one who invented as least one of... Read more »
I am the inventor of web cam covers of which I have a provisional application. I'm looking for an attorney to assist in possible litigation, an attorney of whom will take a contingency case. This has already been proved I have a rock solid case. Davison or invention land tried stealing my idea and... Read more »
Sorry, but there is very little chance of any attorney taking your case. For several reasons.
Firstly, just because you've filed a provisional application, does not mean that you have a patent. You need to file a regular application, prosecute it, and have the patent issue before you... Read more »
Can I for example print patents drawings on t-shirts and sell them even though it's not my patents and they're still active?
From what I find online it's ok as long as the drawing doesn't have a copyright notice.
That's an excellent question. I've never thought of that.
But I think that if you copy the drawing from a utility patent, you should be OK. Why? Because patents are not copyrightable. You can copy words and figures from a patent (like every patent attorney alive has done), but you... Read more »
Generally, the simpler something is, the harder it is to patent.
If it is a simple bandage that is similar in most ways to existing bandages but the way that you use it is different, then it will be difficult to get a patent on it.
But if the bandage is somehow different, such as... Read more »
I want to start a distribution of a product I manufacture out of the states and need to know if I dont violated some patents I found online that belong to a similar company such as mine
You are going to have to hire a patent attorney to tell you this.
You are looking for a patent attorney to provide you with a Non-infringement Opinion (if you have a specific patent(s) that you are concerned about), or a Freedom to Operate Opinion (if you want to make sure that there are... Read more »
The process of getting a patent is straight forward: a patent attorney drafts a patent application based on what information you have provided (1 to 3 weeks of calendar time), then, over the next few years there are negotiations between your patent attorney and the patent office ("patent... Read more »
I'm Nada Miele his wife. Please let me know if is anything that I need to do.
My condolences to you, Mrs. Miele, on the passing of your husband. Your question is a very common one.
The patent that your husband is listed as an inventor (US 8,932,825), was assigned by your husband to Glycofi Inc. of Lebanon, NH. Glycofi was the owner of the patent, and after the... Read more »
By using the same vessel there are only so many ways to configure a pool. Should I be worried about other builders patents or would they actually hold up as long as I don’t blatantly steal IP.
Whenever you want to start producing and marketing products that are not commonplace or have not been around for a long time (i.e. 20+ years), yeah, you should contact a patent attorney about this. The patent attorney will give you options for you to pursue.
Because you are posting on a website dealing with US laws, I assume that you are asking about US patents, and not patents outside the US. And, because Sun Pharma is an Indian company, I assume that you are asking about the FY according to Indian accounting rules, hence, those patents issued in Sun... Read more »
Patent No. 10531719
According to the facepage of US Patent 10,531,719, the name of the patent attorney/agent is Celia H. Leber.
We have a similar rim but want to ensure we dont infringe on any patents. My supplier tells me, the patent from ARCONIC / ALCOA has expired.
Arconic has about 30 patents or patent applications in its own name, and about additional 80 assigned to it from its predecessor Alcoa. Some of these cases are in force, a few have expired, and some of them have not been granted yet.
Maybe the supplier is right and is referring to a... Read more »
You have to be careful.
Here is the situation in cases like yours: A company may have many different products and improvements to those products. On Magnetite's website, they post about having a patent on their product, U.S. Patent 4,473,980. That patent has expired a long time ago, so... Read more »
It is handmade cat toy wand with wire and some attractive toy at the end.
Thank you in advance,
That is a tough question. You can hire an attorney to give you a good answer, but it will cost you much more money than you could ever make on the toy.
Here is a safer bet: if there is toy that has been around for the past 20 years or longer, then you should be safe from patent... Read more »
A patent is enforceable only in the country that issued it. So, if there is a patent in the US, and you are making the claimed product in China and shipping it to Europe, then you won't be infringing the US patent. Likewise, if there is a European patent on the product, but not in the US, then... Read more »
Well, the entire point of getting a patent is to make make money on it. There is something wrong if your father-in-law is not making money on his invention but other people are.
Your father-in-law should go see a patent litigator.
I want to know if I can prevent other vendors or manufacturers from replicating my idea .
I assume that you have designed some sort of a bottle or a container for holding nail polish, hair gel, mascara, body lotion, etc.
You have several options.
First, you should trademark the name of your product, and possibly the logo.
Second, you may want to get a design... Read more »
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