Patents & Trademarks Questions for claims
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In Patent Drafting - updated on 9/9/2003
My question concerns patent law, specifically claims. If claim A is an indpendent claim and claims B through J are dependent claims of claim A is it necessary for all dependent claims B through J to be prese... Read More  Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
I'm now deep in searching issued Patent applications. I was wondering whether all the claims appearing in a published application (which was issued) are approved claims, or whether only the c... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
In responding to an initial Office Action, it became apparent that applicant's structure patentably distinguished over cited art but, in order to express the differences, it was n... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
After receiving a restriction requirement between inventions A and B, invention A was elected. In a preliminary amendment to add claims to invention A after the election, is any harm done (estopp... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
Hi, I ve read some patents where "the" and "said" are used. But I don't see any difference in using them in dependent claims. Can we use them a... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
Hi, imagine i have a method in claim 1 which is 1. A method for protecting a database (a) rearranging .... (b) mapping .... but before the step (a) I d like to add ... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
I have an application where some elements were introduced in the claims as originally filed. In a preliminary amendment (filed the date the application was filed), an attorney: (1) cancelled... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
Hi, I ve got a software invention as a method with 3 parts : - A is the part that does really the background job of the method but does not affect any hardware - B is a novel... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
When you wrote 2 dependent claims refering to the same parent claim, do they have to be able to be compatible ? For instance, If my first claim is 1. An ablation apparatus for ablating... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
Pending application 3 is a continuation-in-part of, and claims the benefit of applicaitions 2 and 1. Though pending when application 3 was filed, applications 2 and 1 are now abandoned and patented, re... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
can i include a table (with columns and rows of data) into as a claim element? for example, A chemical compound, wherein the chemical structure relationship is as follows: T... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
Does anyone know of a case that says that for the benefit under S120 of the filing date of an earlier filed application, it does not matter what happens to the earlier filed application. e.g. if the pa... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
First, you may congratulate me on my PCT filing which took place yesterday. As always, at the last minute (exactly a year after my first provisional). I have already found a mistake in one of the ... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
When apply for patent online and upload a file for claims, the file will just have one sentence, "The ornamental design for something as shown and described". It is so weird, because the... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
Are there any difference between the accepted forms for US claims and EP claims? I was told that the European claims require the number of each element to appear when stating that element. Is that corre... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
I am looking at a 112 rejection, wherein the examiner rejects a dependent claim as not reciting a positive method limitation. The independent claim is a method claim reciting both structure and steps p... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
I am an inventor now working on drafting my claims for my PCT application. Considerations as to the layout of the claims are now in session. I wish to grasp the notion of claims amending and ... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
Hello. I was hoping someone could tell me if an amendment to the claims, such as shown below, would be considered broadening by the uspto. Original Claims 1. A device comprising: A... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
I am stuck with how to count this mutliple-dependent/slash indepdnent claim. For example 1. apparatus independent 2. apparatus dependent 3. apparatus dependent Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
Does anyone in this forum ask the inventor to sign a form acknowledging they have read and understand the claims? Read More Answer |
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