My ex husband designed a car motor while we were married. He passed away in February and he was in dealings with a car company to sell his design. When he passed his roommates didn’t allow me or his mom to get his things. So I don’t have anything to prove it was his design unless I can find the... Read more »
I am sorry that someone you once loved intensely has died.
One place to look for an indication that your ex-husband assigned rights in an invention over to another entity is the assignment database -- https://assignment.uspto.gov/patent/index.html#/patent/search
A limitation of this... Read more »
Patents by Inventor xx. xx has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Multi frequency stacked patch antenna... Read more »
It appears that your dad assigned his rights to Tyco. https://assignment.uspto.gov/patent/index.html#/patent/search/resultAbstract?id=6639558&type=patNum
Often this happens as someone is working for a company and they assign their rights over to their employer. Perhaps Tyco paid... Read more »
You can either search for the rings or look at the patents that were assigned to McDonalds. It looks like they use a patent holding company Restaurant Technologies Inc.... Read more »
For school, I am planning a a Solar Array for the roof a vehicle such as a Pickup Truck or Van. My idea is similar to an existing patent, Patent Publication Number 20180175785, however my idea is smaller in size, by more than half, and designed for a different purpose, renewable energy generation... Read more »
Whether your new design might obtain a patent is a serious question that is contingent on a lot of details. Not suitable for a comments on a web site. You need to talk to a patent attorney.
You also need to talk to the patent attorney on whether your proposed device would infringe the... Read more »
I am not sure what you mean by update. If you mean "renew", then the answer is no. You can renew other types of intellectual property, but patents have a limited life. (they can end even earlier if you fail to pay a maintenance fee).
If you mean "update" as in file a... Read more »
One of the people on the patent seems to be doing negotiatining with the said invention with out conferring the other name on the patent.
If by "names on the patent", you mean that there are two inventors -- then no.
The patent rights belong to the inventors unless the inventors assign their rights to someone else. Most patents have inventors that are employees that assign their rights to their employers. But... Read more »
First, I am sorry that your co-inventor whom I presume was a friend, has died.
If there are two inventors and there is not any signed agreement to consolidate the ownership rights, then the rights are still divided.
This would get into issues of estate law so you would need to... Read more »
My gmaw passed away an I was post to get one fifth of the inheritance. I was in prison. Now they say that it all got stolen an there is nothing I can do. I no my mom got my gmaw van n lost it n my sis got a few things I never received anything. They haven't ss# n all my info I think they might... Read more »
I am so sorry that this happened to you. Your question went out to attorneys that file patents for inventions. There is not a category for paRents which is what you may have been trying to hit. You may want to add Family Law to the category set.
You may want to contact Legal Aid near... Read more »
Its regarding the high pressure creating between two plates with natural day to dya life machins ,which will produce us electricity
First, I would not share any additional details in a public forum.
Second, you are going to want to chose a patent attorney with the relevant technical background. I am not sure whether that is physics or material sciences. There are many patent attorneys with Ph.D. level of education in... Read more »
To get a final answer, you will need to work with a patent attorney that will commission a search. But you can take some initial steps on your own. You can use the free search tools and some tips on DIY searches listed in my slide set https://bit.ly/Patent__Searching .
You can also look... Read more »
My business partner personally holds a patent for a safety product. We are forming an LLC to manufacture and sell the product. Is it necessary (or preferred) for him to assign ownership of the patent to the LLC? Can the LLC license the patent (to other manufacturers) without owning it? Is he... Read more »
I won't give you final answers as this question gets beyond my national patent registration and touches on items related to Texas law. I am licensed in North Carolina and do not hold a state license in Texas.
I will give you some things to discuss with your attorney.
1) What... Read more »
You sent this question out to paTents (inventions). There is not a category for paRents.
You may want to repost this under family law.
Kevin E Flynn
If one of the inventors listed on the patent has died. Are his rights transferable to his heirs or does the other listed inventor have sole marketing rights?
Patent rights start with the inventors. The rights can be moved in their entirety through a type of contract known as an assignment. Many inventors are paid to invent by their employers and assign their inventions over to their employer. Rights can also be given to use the invention through a... Read more »
This question was presented to attorneys that work on patents (inventions). There is not a legal category for pa r ents.
You may want post this as a probate question as it may be possible that your father did not do estate planning and the default rules will be applied.
This is... Read more »
Let's say several of these items are sold and one of the inventors is deceased does his children entitled to receive any royalties then and as of now
I am sorry that your inventor/parent has died. I hope he lived a full life and left you with many fond memories.
If the inventor worked for an employer, the chances are good that the inventor/employee assigned rights over to the employer and is not entitled to royalties. (Just like if... Read more »
To augment the useful answer already provided by Ms. Di Nola-Baron, let me add that the period that an application is pending varies greatly. If you expedite the process, it is possible to get a patent granted and issued within a year. The US government thinks that if the process takes more than... Read more »
It is not clear what you are asking. Patents do not get updated. There is a maintenance fee that is paid three times during the life of the patent.
There is a process to correct errors in the issued patent but that usually results in a separate piece of paper called a Certificate of... Read more »
My mother sews and saw a product a few years back that was neat - She thought it would work better with a different design and material - however it serves the same purpose - the other company that has a patent-pending on it contacted us today and I was curious where we can find the exact info on... Read more »
The rights provided in an issued patent are very specific. The rights are to preclude others from doing what is in one of the claims. To infringe a claim, one needs to do everything in the claim (or a legal equivalent to what is in the claim).
This gets tricky. If a patent owner has... Read more »
Great question.
I looked at the patent. I agree, there is very little that strikes my eye as novel. Keep in mind that this is a design patent not the much more powerful but hard to get utility patent. This design patent does not preclude people from having a threaded top with a place for... Read more »
Since I am thinking in investing in my country Albania?
Mr. Mlynek's answer was perfect. Let me drive home one point. A patent is a right to exclude within the country that issued the patent. So a US patent would cover things made, sold, or used in the US. That would include something made Albania and imported into the US or something made in... Read more »
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