Patents & Trademarks Questions for method
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In Patent Monetization - updated on 9/30/2008
I work for a company that makes widgets. These widgets are used by other companies to provide consumers a service. If I discovered and patented a business process that makes it so companies no longer need to... Read More  Answer |
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In I have an invention … now what? - updated on 11/25/2004
I developed an innovative bioanalytical methodology using existing instrumentation but customized the instrument configuration and wrote a macro for the automation, while working as an employee of a biotech ... Read More Answer |
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In Trademark - updated on 2/26/2009
My question relates to a methodology on change management. If someone alterned a trademarked methodology just enough to so it's not obvious to most people is there an infringement? For example, i... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
Let's say I have a method that includes one step that must be performed by hand. If the method otherwise complies with Bilski (transforms), is the one manual step a showstopper? Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
Method claims are most commonly written as a series of steps. The steps are most commonly formed with and beginning with the gerund form of the verb. What if an actor(means or structures for perf... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
I most recently filed a PCT based on provisional filings. I did not recite all the desired claims due to time limitations, and I'm still struggling with the approach for claiming some of the subjec... 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 looking at a Canadian patent to a structure, which IMO is not novel. Near the end of the claim it says ?by _____ing?. In other words, the novelty, if there is any, is only the process... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
Frequently, patent applications are written to include claims to more than one statutory class. Let?s say a patent application received by the PTO includes structure and method claims. Is it more... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
If I place a copyright notice on an item that is used in my business method before I file an actually patent application for the business method, would that nullify anything for the patent, like the 1 year r... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
Hello, I received a first office action on an application for, what is fundamentally, a business method application. I specified and claimed the invention as a method and a system. In my mind, the nov... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
Hello, I've been searching the net for more information on business method patents, group 705. According to the PTO, this group has a different examination procedure and also has a two-examination pr... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
This rejection is for a claim where the preamble sets up an apparatus and then the method operates in the context of the apparatus. It's not exactly how I would have written the claim, but I'm ... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
I have invented a specialized pad for use with a certain category of objects, lets call these objects trees. Let's say the method/use is to put the pad under any sort or size of tree, and the pad solves the ... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
Hello. I'm having difficulty understanding how to argue Section 102 novelty of an independent claim that is a method. Does the method have to recite novel physical features th... Read More Answer |
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In I have an invention … now what? - updated on 2/26/2009
Hope you will be able to help with this and provide guidance. I have developed a new mathematically based tools for management problem solving. It is in the form of a methodology and is curr... Read More Answer |
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In I have an invention … now what? - updated on 2/26/2009
br> I am going to restate a ? I posed before to hopefully trigger some discussion. Claim 1 recites, for example: A method of treating disease X comprising administering to a subject compound... Read More Answer |
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In I have an invention … now what? - updated on 2/26/2009
Hi, experts. I have a question that I hope you can give me some help. I have an idea related to telephone call setup. But from searching uspto's database, I found a similar one is alr... Read More Answer |
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In I have an invention … now what? - updated on 2/26/2009
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