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answered on Jun 21, 2024
The patent prosecution process is rigorous, but generally speaking the elements to receive a patent are that a product is new or novel, cannot have been previously publicly known, cannot have been previously offered and sold in the United States for at least one year prior to the patent... View More 
A registered agent company told me that if I availed their service as the registered agent, I could use their address as the business address, too. But I read somewhere that this could result in losing the legal protection an LLC offers; i.e., piercing the corporate veil.
answered on Jun 21, 2024
Generally speaking, for piercing the corporate veil in Connecticut, courts look at whether the owner exercised complete control over the business and its practices so that the business is a mere “instrumentality” of the owner, or if the business and the owner effectively share the same identity... View More
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