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I have the perfect idea because my son is a coach and many youngsters have given him ideas how do I go about it ?
answered on Jul 30, 2019
A good place to start is to look at patents for analogous products. That will help you understand what is already patented and how much effort it takes to secure a patent. My slides at http://bit.ly/Patent_Searching will give you some tips on patent searching using free tools.
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If someone else filed for that second patent, I would argue that given my patent, that the second patent is obvious but it really isn't that obvious and I want to be the one to file before someone else does. An analogous example: Think of the old power line communications technology where... View More
answered on Jul 18, 2019
This happens all the time.
Patent 1 is for an invention, patent 2 is an improvement to that invention. You can file an application to patent 2 as a CIP of the first application, or you can add a TD in the second filing, etc. Talk to your patent attorney more about this.
Good luck!
answered on Jul 8, 2019
If you mean by "take" that you can pursue the patent process and obtain an issued patent and preclude others from practicing the invention. The answer is no as you were not the first to invent whatever is in the abandoned patent.
If you mean by "take" that you can make... View More
Because of my work requiring me to travel and numerous floods in my home town at the time I forgot to pay the final maintenance fee and therefore the patent expired. Although I beleive the time limit has expired are will expire soon anyway I would like to revive it and also have questions about... View More
answered on May 16, 2019
It looks like your patent claims priority to 1997, and was issued in 2001, so it would have expired by now anyway.
If you are looking to protect your improvements to your previous invention, you are going to have to file a new patent anyway. The expiration of the 6,331,024 patent, or... View More
My colleague and I were responsible for 100% of the technical data and research for patent application and were inexplicably excluded by other colleague when he refiled secretly. We never assigned our rights and wish to contest right of ownership.
Can you advise me who we should contact at... View More
https://patents.justia.com/patent/7971745
answered on Jun 26, 2018
The starting point is the claims. This patent has one independent claim and several dependent claims. Then you use the rest of the patent as a dictionary to inform your understanding of the words in the claims.
1. A disposal unit for discarded smoking products comprising:
a... View More
answered on Mar 1, 2018
Normally an assignment is signed by someone with authority to act on behalf of the patent owner.
Sometimes that is the inventor when the inventor is assigning rights. Sometimes that is a senior executive for the company when the company is assigning rights.
An assignment is... View More
Patent #8148841
answered on Feb 6, 2018
Fortunately, this particular error is a well-trod path and the USPTO is fairly generous in allowing you to fix this situation.
So in addition to the regular maintenance fee, and the small late fee for not paying in the first half of the year-long window, you will need to pay a fee to... View More
answered on Jan 12, 2018
I try to provide general answers that would be useful to future users of the web site -- teach them how to fish rather than handing them a fish.
Patent term is more confusing than it should be. Unfortunately, to try to make things fair, the rules have a number of layers.
Old... View More
let my daughter visit her father in PA. He's been stalling with her for 2 weeks now to find out he filed for custody and for emergency petition. I have legal custody of her. He never established paternity and denied me every time I ask him to. I have a paternity petition going in my state... View More
answered on Nov 14, 2017
So sorry, your question was posted to PATENTS (INVENTIONS) by mistake, you may want to change the topics associated with this question. I hope you find the answers you need.
What are the patent ramifications for manufacturing and selling something quite similar?
I can pay for a patent on my credit card, but I understand there are more expenses involved in marketing intellectual property. I need pro bono help if it is available. The USPTO mentions a Nationwide Pro Bono program for inventors, but the link took me to pro bono help for the arts in... View More
answered on Jan 5, 2016
Since patent law is a federal law, you do not need a PA attorney to assist you to prosecute your patent application or similar matters in front of USPTO. However, if your patent case is in litigation, regardless in state court or federal district court in PA, you will need a PA licensed attorney to... View More
answered on Aug 30, 2015
Talk to a patent litigation lawyer about patent enforcement rights and options.
Please Take Notice: I am not your lawyer unless we enter into an engagement agreement in writing. This is general information that is given for legal education only. It is not legal advice, and it may not work... View More
I found a patent on a concept I had previously thought of
answered on Aug 30, 2015
You can search for patent ownership info on the uspto.gov website. A local patent lawyer can assist.
Please Take Notice: I am not your lawyer unless we enter into an engagement agreement in writing. This is general information that is given for legal education only. It is not legal advice,... View More
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