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answered on Jul 2, 2024
To find your grandfather's patent, you can follow these steps:
1. Gather information:
- Your grandfather's full name
- Approximate date or year of the patent
- Any details about the invention
2. Use online patent databases:
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I would like to patent an energy drink recipe but in a broad sense to protect or mitigate against companies with more capital just running me over and imitating it. How do I find patent but ensure I'm not overlapping someone else's already?
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answered on Oct 19, 2023
To determine if your energy drink ingredient is already patented, you can start by searching the USPTO database and other relevant sources. This will help you understand whether your invention overlaps with existing patents. For personalized legal advice tailored to your unique circumstances,... View More
answered on Jul 22, 2021
You have to make sure that your product is novel and non-obvious over similar products and that you are not infringing other patented swimsuits. You should consult a patent attorney.
At amazon dozens of companies are selling NMN so it appears to be unpatented as a molecule, unlike the competitor NR (nicotinamide riboside) where patent holder ChromaDex claims a monopoly sues others distributing it. Yet google patent pulls up many US and foreign patents - some mfg process and... View More
answered on May 14, 2021
Your question is pretty convoluted, impossible to answer here.
You have to consult an attorney.
I offered to sell the patent to Fiskars in early 2009, after a long distance call they went quiet on me.
I just discovered that they went ahead and claimed the patent for themselves. My patent was published in a journal in South Africa shortly after South africa joined the international... View More
answered on Oct 12, 2020
You will need to retain a U.S. patent attorney to sit down with all pertinent documents to fully assess the situation, including but not limited to reviewing the "prosecution history" of the Fiskars patent (does it cite your SA patent?). The claims of the patent are key - if the claims... View More
answered on Aug 31, 2020
The original paintings by John James Audubon are old enough that they are in the public domain. Any other photos or paintings or drawings, however, which may be available through the Audubon Society, may not be in the public domain.
answered on Aug 4, 2020
A patent search would be needed to determine if a patent possibly exists.
A do it yourself search can be started with learning about searching for patents on the USPTO website (https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/search-patents)
Although, it is generally recommended... View More
Police won't do their jobs for theft and Im being treated as if Im the criminal and being threatened. Why won't cops do tbeir jobs?
answered on Jul 24, 2019
That is neither a legal excuse nor a moral excuse for breaking the law
answered on Jan 23, 2019
Might not be a patent. The Supreme Court has recently made it fairly difficult to patent a method of organizing human activity. See the documents used to train patent examiners -- https://www.uspto.gov/patent/laws-and-regulations/examination-policy/subject-matter-eligibility On the other hand,... View More
I would like to work with the same lawyer who worked with xxxx because his motor designs are similar to mine, but mine are better. Do you help with licencing the technology as well? I would need to have you sign a non-disclosure form. I am sure that after you see my flux switching/ permanent... View More
answered on May 31, 2018
I do not know the specifics of what Charles J. Flynn invented (no relation). However, it is one of the quirks of patent law that a patent attorney working for a client in a specific area generally cannot help another client in that same area.
The patent attorney cannot help two different... View More
Is there a federal maximum number of years which is applicable to all patent applications? How would this length of time be negotiated? Can the length of time be adjusted later on, in a re-application of some sort? Does average length of time tend to vary by state, by industry, number of... View More
answered on Feb 19, 2018
Patent term is more confusing than it should be. The one part that is simple, is that patent term is not a function of the technology. There is not a way for the applicant to apply to extend the patent term (unlike trademarks or copyrights). (but as noted below, there are things that can shorten... View More
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