Device for Hygienic Extraction of an Acne Related Impaction
Publication number: 20110087239
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answered on Sep 11, 2023
Determining whether a specific invention can be patented involves a detailed analysis of the patentability criteria, including novelty, non-obviousness, and utility. You can check the current status of a patent application through the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) website using... View More 
I've checked everywhere to see if someone else has come up with the same idea as myself and actually created the idea. And through my investigation looking to see if someone else has created my idea. No one else has
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answered on Sep 11, 2023
If you believe your idea is unique and has not been previously disclosed or patented, the next step could be to document your invention thoroughly, including potential designs, uses, and benefits. It might be advisable to consult with a patent attorney to explore whether patent protection would be... View More
I've checked everywhere to see if someone else has come up with the same idea as myself and actually created the idea. And through my investigation looking to see if someone else has created my idea. No one else has
answered on Aug 21, 2023
Did you search for other fishing accessories that use the same concept even if the item is not identical? To be awarded a patent, one must pass through several filters. While being new is a filter, the harder one is being non-obvious. The latter test asks whether someone with access to all... View More
I've checked everywhere to see if someone else has come up with the same idea as myself and actually created the idea. And through my investigation looking to see if someone else has created my idea. No one else has
answered on Aug 24, 2023
You should contact a qualified patent attorney directly (this is just an anonymous question forum), and they can help you conduct a search and review of the relevant prior art. Even if you don't see the product in the marketplace, there is often relevant prior art in the form of earlier... View More
My business partner is a manufacturer in China and he has a Chinese patent 4 yrs ago. Now he wants to apply for a U.S. patent with the same product/part. The problem is that his retailers have already sold the product into the U.S. market. My question is: is it possible to get a U.S. patent if he... View More
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answered on Mar 2, 2022
Unfortunately, most likely not. Your partner had two options to get a US patent. Either apply directly for a US patent within a year of filing for the Chinese patent, or alternatively file for an international (PCT) patent application, and then apply for a US patent application within 30 months... View More
Is the patent worthless?
answered on Jan 27, 2022
An expired patent cannot be used to obtain royalties or to block the actions of others. But the patent is not worthless. It has been added to the body of knowledge of people. This was part of the deal for obtaining a limited period of exclusivity. The patent may be used to help teach others how... View More
answered on Jan 25, 2022
Utility patent terms are 20 years from the filing date (plus any possible patent term adjustments). The U.S. patent 4,784,433, "Portable sunshade for infants in vehicles" has expired in 2008. Once a patent expires, it becomes a public property. Everyone can make it or use it without... View 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.
answered on Aug 12, 2021
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... View More
a patent invented with Davison Invention in I explain that I have Power Attorney papers in Last will and Testament papers but I was told I have no rights to know what's going on with his product i don't understand companies r interested in his product does my papers mean anything do... View More
answered on Dec 16, 2020
The powers of attorney all terminate upon the death of your brother. Any assets owned by your brother would now be owned by his estate. When an estate is opened, the Personal Representative then has the legal authority to act with respect to any assets owned by the estate. If he owned the patent... View More
answered on Jun 26, 2019
Patent rights are property rights and pass under state laws just as any other type of rights, such as ownership of a house or a car.
You can contact a trust & estate attorney in Maryland for how the relevant laws would apply in this situation.
I hope that this helps.
Kevin E Flynn
The person holding the patent has never brought the product to market. My design is different but the idea is the same.
answered on Feb 27, 2019
You can't. You can't patent something that you did not invent. And you can't patent something that is already available to the public.
Now, if you have an invention that is sufficiently different from, or an improvement over, an existing product, then you should be able to... View More
Our Product forms part of this industry's essential component with cost saving benefits. Their monopoly supplier American Containers 50m units pa could be interested?
answered on Oct 15, 2018
If you really think you have something that would be worth licensing, then you should find the money to get a non-provisional patent application written and filed. I would suggest filing it with a Track One request and the relevant fee (which may be as low as $1000) in order to get a first Office... View More
answered on Oct 5, 2018
Over 130 thousand. Yes, there are a lot of patents that claim lasers or the use of lasers.
answered on Oct 2, 2018
There is not a process for the United States Patent Office to provide compensation to widows of patent inventors.
Patent US5681475 was filed back in 1995 and is listed as expired. So unless there was an agreement with an assignee of the patent to share money with the inventors that has... View More
Beginning in Nov 2003 (approx) I started working with Davison Inventions. I eventually received a prototype of my idea, which I still have to prove that I had this idea and production in the works. We worked on this for quite some time--I have paperwork from Mr Sawyer to 3 different addresses... View More
answered on Jul 10, 2018
It is very serious to accuse someone of stealing an idea. It does happen but you need to have your facts all lined up.
As your fact pattern did not include that you obtained a patent, you cannot sue for patent infringement. (yet).
You need to take all the relevant documents to... View More
Patent #7,998,476 B2
answered on May 30, 2018
PAIR shows this case as alive and the fees were paid at 3.5 years so next fee window opens 8/16/2018.
I hope this helps.
Kevin E Flynn
answered on May 28, 2018
Here is a helpful resource: https://www.uspto.gov/patents-maintaining-patent/maintain-your-patent
The specification for the new application does not mention the concept on which the claim is based.
The old provisional application was authored by the same person as the new application.
The new application is based upon first to invent.
answered on Mar 14, 2018
If you are seeking to file a patent application to claim something in a provisional application by some other inventor -- that does not work as you need to be the original inventor. You cannot file a patent application on a good idea that someone else had -- even if they did not seek to claim that... View More
answered on Jan 26, 2018
It generally takes several days, maybe up to a week (or two, if there is a lot of back and forther between the inventor, attorney, and the drawing person), to put together a patent application. The whole process, from the filing of the application, until you get a patent, will be about 2 to 4... View More
I have a gaming/dining table I am marketing with the provisional patent in place. What what be the best moves to make next in terms of trade secrets, non-competition agreements, non-disclosure, copyright, etc.?
answered on Nov 28, 2017
You need to get connected with an attorney that has been down this road many times before. You will need a non-disclosure/non-use agreement that is used with folks that are given access to your design.
To the extent that you work with vendors to improve your design, the paperwork needs... View More
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