Q: I need to know if there is patent on the product: Jellyfish Silicon face Brush. Can you inform me about this?

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Kevin E. Flynn
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Kevin E. Flynn
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  • Pittsboro, NC

A: You can do some preliminary patent searching using tips from this slide set -- http://bit.ly/Patent_Searching or to hire a patent attorney to conduct Freedom-to-Operate searches and clearance work see -- https://www.flynniplaw.com/services/legal-services/freedom-to-operate/opinions.

To the extent that you are buying a good that is very similar to a well-known brand, you can look at the packaging for the well-known brand and that packaging should include a list of patents that cover the product. That will give you specific patents to check.

You can also check for patents assigned to a particular company if they only really make one line of products to ensure that you know what patent rights they have. https://assignment.uspto.gov/patent/index.html#/patent/search

Note that this process does not reduce the risk that they have a patent down to zero. They may have a patent application on file that has not yet been published or been issued. So even a proper search won't see this as the application is in the secret part of the pipeline. Searching is the right thing to do even if it is not always effective.

I hope that this helps.

Kevin E Flynn

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