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Utility patent costs
In Patent Process    -  updated on 11/15/2004
How much does a lawyer charge for a Utility Patent application process.   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Utility Patent
In Patent Process    -  updated on 4/12/2008
I just received a Provisional Patent on an invention. I do understand that this patent protects an invention for a year. What is the cost to apply and receive a Utility Patent? Also, how do I acquire a trade...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Help: extension for reply to a utility patent application Office Action!
In Patent Process    -  updated on 2/26/2009
I need to buy extra time to reply to an Office Action on a utility patent application.  Can someone on this forum kindly post the links to the forms that I need to fill out?

Thanks.   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Would sunglasses have been a utility or design patent?
In Patent Process    -  updated on 2/26/2009
In the past, after regular glasses had been around, would the later filing of sunglasses patent have gone under utility or design patents?

I understand it might be both, however, which patent typ...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Utility to design as fall-back position...
In Patent Process    -  updated on 2/26/2009
A hypothetical situation.

A man comes up with a new design for a ukulele neck.  Strong, light, and comfortable in the hand, he is sure that a utility patent can be obtained, and files a utility p...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Do I need to send in the IDS for a utility patent?
In Patent Process    -  updated on 2/26/2009
I put the Information Disclosure Statement on the back burner after filing.  I forgot about it until now, and it's been 6 months.  I have not received any office actions yet.  Should I still g...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Filing utility myself
In Patent Process    -  updated on 2/26/2009
I filed my own provisional patent 10 months ago and the deadline for the utility and international filing thing (sorry, I don't know the correct term for it!) is coming up in 2 months.  I can't afford j...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
14 Provisional Ap
In Patent Process    -  updated on 2/26/2009
U.S. 7,137,326

Here's the twist:  all 14 provisionals were filed on the same day:   Aug 14, 2000?


The provisionals have different titles, but still, I don't get it.

Bill   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Utility Declaration: which form to use?
In Patent Process    -  updated on 2/26/2009
I'm stumped on which form to use as the declaration for my nonprovisional utility patent.  I received a Notice to File Missing Parts, requesting "a properly signed oath or delcaration in compliance...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
design AND multi-utility patents in 1?
In I have an invention … now what?    -  updated on 2/26/2009
Hi, I have came up with a invention that needs a design patent, and many utility patents for different aspects of the thing. Like what would I do?
thanks   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
My new Utility Patent Application
In I have an invention … now what?    -  updated on 2/26/2009
I already sent my new booklet  to Alexandria with an Certified Mail Receipt.

I talked with an accountant from my town (who is a decent person & proffesional according my wife) and he is reque...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Limit number of claims Utility Patent Application
In I have an invention … now what?    -  updated on 2/26/2009
hello there!

What is the Limit number of claims for a new utility patent application?  20?

How much cost any aditional new claim after pass the limit?

What is the total limit of cla...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Utility AND Design patents on the same item??
In I have an invention … now what?    -  updated on 2/26/2009
This is unrelated to the question I have posted under Trademarks.

Again, a fictious analogy.

Man A invents a new ukulele neck, that is stronger, lighter, and much cheaper to manufacture than pr...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Fewer Limitations in Utility Patent
In Patent Drafting    -  updated on 2/26/2009
I have a question about the effect of claims. Let's say John Doe has a valid patent on the following claim:

A method for doing SOMETHING, comprising:
 limitation A;
 limitation B;Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
~~~ Design? or Utility? ~~~
In Patent Drafting    -  updated on 2/26/2009
"PTO won't grant design patents on:

  • any design whose novelty has significant functional utility (use a utility patent),
  • ornamenta...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Design patent for a utility patent question
In Litigation    -  updated on 2/26/2009
I made a utility patent that received positive PCT stage and I am waiting for the national patents.

1.5 years after my application, and after the publication of the PCT application, someone applie...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Can New Design Infringe Existing Utility
In Litigation    -  updated on 2/26/2009
A Design patent application is awaiting USPTO examination with typical illustrations and "views" claim. Prior art is disclosed for a Utility Patented article. Both articles provide the same functio...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Design patent vs utility patent application
In Patent Process    -  updated on 2/26/2009
I just discovered an issued design patent that resembles in shape and configuration my pending utility patent application which has not yet been examined- apparently the owners of the design patent never rea...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Utility patent
In Other    -  updated on 2/26/2009
I have an idea on how to improve a product that is being produced by different companies.  I called the Patent Office and was told my idea can be patented as a utility patent.  

On another f...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
provisional patent to utility patent
In Patent Process    -  updated on 8/12/2009
If my provisional patent expires on 10/8/2009, do I have time to turn this into an actual patent application through your system?   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
 
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