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My patent attorney did not inform me of USPTO of OFFICE ACTION so my patent was
In Patent Process    -  updated on 5/23/2001
I hired a patent attorney to handle my patent application. She would not contact me or respond to numerous attempts to contact her. My patent application was denied because she failed to respond or notify me...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Statistics USPTO vs. WIPO
In Trademark    -  updated on 2/26/2009
Hi, I´m a knowledge economics researcher and, making some graphs, I found that the numbers of trademarks registered are quite different in the USPTO and in  the US row of the WIPO -the difference i...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
How to get a TM Examiner position at USPTO
In Trademark    -  updated on 2/26/2009
I'm a 3L with a strong interest in becoming a trademark examining attorney at the USPTO.  I have focused my course study around intellectual property law and am currently doing research for my trad...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
ANYONE ever filed/recieved a tradedress from USPTO
In Trademark    -  updated on 2/26/2009
Hi, I'm having a lawyer from the board do a a tradedress, and wanted to see if anyother members here have filed, or if they did file recieve their tradedress, and how did the application process go?

t...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Trademark with USPTO and infringement
In Trademark    -  updated on 2/26/2009
I tried to register my trademark with the USPTO and they refused it because another company in the same market registered it before I did. I have used the trademark as my business name since 1998 and in comm...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
USPTO - Trademark
In Trademark    -  updated on 2/26/2009
Hello
The USPTO has requested me to file a Statement of Use, which should include "one specimen showing use of the mark in commerce for each class of goods/services." My company is a private hol...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
USPTO - do they do a common law search?
In Trademark    -  updated on 2/26/2009
When trademarks are filed with the USPTO, do they do a common law search to see if the mark is in-use?

Or, do they only limit their searches to the USPTO database?

Are there any other databases...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Searching using the USPTO website (TESS)
In Trademark    -  updated on 2/26/2009
Anyone know the field code to search for a particular NOA date in the Free Form (advanced) functionality of the TESS online search facility? (ie: [FD] = Filing Date, [RD] = Registration Date.  It seems ...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Trademark with USPTO Registration
In Trademark    -  updated on 2/26/2009
Assume a currently-existing website has a domain name that they have been using for several years, which is also their company name. They have not registered their trademark with the USPTO.

Another co...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
USPTO trademark requirements
In Trademark    -  updated on 2/26/2009
I have been reading about T.M.'s on the USPTO website.  From what I gather, you must have a product or service in use before the mark can be registered.  So if someone has a patent or patent pendin...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Trademark Being Reversed by USPTO
In Trademark    -  updated on 2/26/2009
OK guys, this will be a little vague because of the large players involved, but I will try to make it as clear as possible.

An associate of mine filed a trademark early this year.  The USPTO acce...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
In Trademark    -  updated on 2/26/2009
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) launches small-business intellectual property protection Web site at StopFakes.gov
U.S. Government urges businesses to protect their intellectual propert...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Send sample to USPTO
In Trademark    -  updated on 2/26/2009
I currently sell polo shirts with my company name on them. When I am requested to send a sample to USPTO, do I send the acyual shirt or just the label ?
Does anyone know what exactly I should send ?   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
television program/uspto and madrid protocol
In Trademark    -  updated on 2/26/2009
First, when registering a television program in the uspto, it seems that the "international class" to use is 041.  When I search the register, I see multiple U.S. classes listed afterward &quo...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Patent application through uspto.gov is visible to the world???
In Patent Process    -  updated on 2/26/2009
I have an invention and eventually plan to file a patent application with an attorney. I do not plan on filing the patent outside of the United States of America. In general does anyone agree with me that it...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Notice from USPTO regarding missing details
In Patent Process    -  updated on 2/26/2009
I've most recently filed a provisional via the USPTO e-service.
I have no received in the mail (paper) a notice for a missing address details. The require a cover sheet with the missing item and an...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
time limit between signing declaration (or assignment) and submission to USPTO
In Patent Process    -  updated on 2/26/2009
Once an inventor signs a declaration, is there a maximum permitted delay between the time the declaration is signed and the time it is submitted to the USPTO?  I know that there's the statutory lim...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Co-invented provisional and USPTO online account
In Patent Process    -  updated on 2/26/2009
I have filed a provisional online, at USPTO, in collaboration with another inventor. Since I was not familiar with the system, the other inventor was the one who opened an online account and submitted the pr...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
USPTO publications and granted patents
In Patent Process    -  updated on 2/26/2009
hello,

when i search the uspto databases, does this include expired patents as well?

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The current USPTO.gov headline
In Patent Process    -  updated on 2/26/2009
Here is today's USPTO headline:

"A Victory for Inventors
Disciplinary Action Affirmed by CAFC

Recently the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), affirmed discip...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
 
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