Patent search help
It is not clear what you have already tried. Here are some tips that I provided in a seminar to entrepreneurs on patent searching. http://bit.ly/Patent_Searching Perhaps something here will help you get an initial set of relevant patents or published applications. Once you have a few, then you... Read more »
Hi, I'm a university student from Mexico, studying a course about "Patent, Brands & Franchises".
For a homework I was wondering if,
Is it possible to know the value of a patent?
Is there a website/platform where I can find the value of them?
Thank you for your time.
A patent is a fence around an orchard. The patent fence keeps others from stealing your apples from your tree. However, if your orchard is not well tended and is not generating any apples worth eating, then the fence is not very useful.
Further, if you chose to grow a bitter fruit that... Read more »
Not a candidate for a patent.
35 USC 101 Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title.... Read more »
He is 80 years old and never done anything with the provisional patent.
If he agrees, is it possible for me to pay him to assign a provisional patent over to me so I can run with it... or can that only be done on a fully issued patent?
Thanks
Some provisional patent applications are not likely to lead to an issued patent. Sometimes the provisional patent application does not have sufficient detail to support any useful claims. Sometimes the provisional patent application covers a new item but the differences between the new item and... Read more »
We are planning to start e commerce business and finalized a product after browsing lots is products on global sourcing. But when we searched same product on amazon it says a patent has been filed on the product - US Utility Patent No. US 9585455 B2. US Design Patent No. USD 821033. Can we... Read more »
Those are granted patent numbers. If you make, use, sell, or offer to sell a product in the United States that is covered by these patents, then you will be infringing. As you know of the patents, they may seek to enhance the damages up to 3x for willful infringement.
You need to either... Read more »
My friend and I have come up with an idea that we want to market. It is extremely unique. We have been researching for a few days now to make sure there is nothing like it on the market. We were trying to figure out if we need a patent to manufacture the product to sell or if we need a copyright.... Read more »
It is not clear what your invention is so my answer is going to be somewhat general.
You asked "can we file the paperwork with the U.S. ourselves"? The answer is yes you can. The USPTO allows inventors for file patent applications without the assistance of patent attorneys.... Read more »
Is the patent valid?
Can the use of those claims where there’s prior art be persecuted?
Patents are often a mix of independent claims (that start from scratch) and dependent claims (that add something to an independent claim or to a chain of an independent claim and one or more dependent claims).
Often what is added in a dependent claim seems trivial. Here is an example to... Read more »
The prototype/pilot is not to be sold or used for anything more that research as PoC or the feasibility of a final product?
I understand that if I use a patent for a working instrument in my lab the licensing is required, but not if it applies to an object of research?
The general rule is that developing a prototype is not immune from patent infringement. I have seen a suit against a university for doing qualification tests of a new device that arguably infringed a patented method.
As a practical matter, it is unlikely that a patent owner will know or... Read more »
Approx. twenty years ago my father, xxx, invented the multi-bevel needle for Becton-Dickinson. He worked there for 37 years & has since retired. They named him the "Founding Father of the Five-Bevel Needle". All he received for this was a satin jacket with this embroidered on it.... Read more »
Congratulations to your father for making a real contribution to an important medical device.
As a general rule, when you are paid to invent, then company expects that the fruits of your work belong to the company. Normally, you sign agreements or consent to company policies as a part of... Read more »
I received a cease and desist letter from Kilpatrick Townsend about selling headphones similar to airpods. What should I do now?. Should I respond?
The best answer is to take the cease and desist letter and you headphones to a patent attorney. It could be that there is a mistake and you do not infringe any rights held by others.
It could be that you may be able to modify your headphones so that they are no longer covered by the... Read more »
U.S. Patent: 10190330
If the broadest claim in a patent requires 5 things--To make this easy, call them A, B, C, D, & E.
If your improved product added some new features (F & G) so that your device had A, B, C, D, E, F & G. then your improved device would infringe as you have A-E as called for in the... Read more »
Similar to the Shibumi Shade. What part of this patented and what isnt. I have a similar idea.
Patent Pending means that the person has asked for a patent and the application has not yet been granted or denied. If someone puts patent pending on a box, that might have been accurate when they put it on the box but may not be accurate now.
To sort out what things are patented on beach... Read more »
A United States Patent Applies to the United States.
A United States Patent applies to actions in the United States. So making a product in China and importing to the US would be covered. Also making a product in the US and exporting to Canada would be covered.
However, a... Read more »
A solid fuel piston engine, with a specific fuel type with a specific waste types.
This is a public forum and not the place to share your innovative concepts. I encourage you to share the nuances of your idea only with a patent attorney that you are interviewing to hire. The attorney-client privilege attaches early so you can share confidential information to interview... Read more »
There is no rule prohibiting two patents from issuing with the same title. What is unique about a patent is the patent number and the patent claims.
I do not have an example in my issued patents as I go out of my way to avoid using the same title as I find it confusing to have more than... Read more »
There is not a regional patent for North America. One can obtain a patent in the United States, and separate patents in Canada and Mexico. The patent examiners in the three states negotiate the terms of the patent claims independently with the invention owner and thus the final outcome may lead... Read more »
I am not aware of a rule that precludes having two patent applications with the same title. As a practical matter, I avoid doing so but I am not aware of a rule that will prevent it. If both applications issue as patents, they will be unique based on the patent number even if they have identical... Read more »
I did see a couple manufactures last year that make portable boxing rings, don’t know if that would be close to our design? Maybe just improved idea??
Let me know if you have any interest
Thanks
Jeff,
Google Patents notes that your patent expired in 2006 for failure to pay a maintenance fee. You may want to discuss this with your patent attorney. There are ways to pay for an unintentional failure to pay a maintenance fee to revive a patent that lapsed for failure to pay the... Read more »
I have asked for the book over the years and I never got a response. It's quite possible that someone else came up with the same idea and patented it. How do I pursue filing a lawsuit?
The first stage of this problem is not a patent question. Seems that at the core, that you had a contract with someone to do something for you. You said that you paid and provided material for them to use on the project and they did not perform. You should start with contact with an attorney... Read more »
It would need to be something very unusual to get a patent on the specifics of the thread geometry. Virtually every possible combination of handedness, threadform, thread angle, lead, pitch, starts, has been done. There seems to be more appetite in the USPTO to grant patents for orthopedic bone... Read more »
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