Patents & Trademarks Questions for plus
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In Trademark - updated on 2/26/2009
for the TEAS plus application, the description/ identification of the mark must be picked from a list that USPTO has as valid goods and services. Is the description one of the most important parts of ... Read More  Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
The percentage of issued patents containing means plus function claim language has steadily decreased from 40% in 1979 to 12% of patents issued this year. Why is this? Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
In a non-final office action, the examiner cites one reference in a 103 rejection and uses "common knowledge" to supply a missing element/limitation. The element is an integrated spring for b... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
On both this forum and in discussions with others, mention has been made about a kind of one year "grace" period that one has prior to the filing of the provisional patent. Is this correct? I... Read More Answer |
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In I have an invention … now what? - updated on 3/26/2009
If anyone is interested, I'm selling on eBay my copy of the latest version of PatentPro Plus software. This is software that steps you through the preparation and filing of a patent application. I... Read More Answer |
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In Litigation - updated on 2/26/2009
The process for interpreting a means-plus-function claim: 1. Determine the claimed function. 2. Identify the corresponding structure in the written description of the patent that performs tha... Read More Answer |
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In Litigation - updated on 2/26/2009
Forgive me if I posted this in the wrong category. Recently, I read a web site (sorry, can't find the URL now) prepared by one of the main "defensive publication" journals. In tha... Read More Answer |
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In Other - updated on 4/24/2011
During the ummer of 2008, I got a Hades plush (from Disney's Hercules) in Wildwood NJ. I actually put him on a mechanical horse and took a picture of it. Is it OK for me to put a stuffed animal on a fake hor... Read More Answer |
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In Litigation - updated on 4/25/2012
In Eli lilly, the patent claims a cDNA encoding for vertebrate or mammalian insulin. its a claim in terms of what the element can do rather than in terms of its structure. why this claim is not a means plus ... Read More Answer |
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