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Failure to File your Affidavit of Use at year 5-6
In Trademark    -  updated on 2/26/2009
Hello,

Another Q regarding TM practice:

If you fail to file your affidavit of use during the 5-6 year period after registration,  And you fail to file during the 6 months grace period,
...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
10 year anniversary on TM
In Trademark    -  updated on 2/26/2009
I have a TM that was published on May 6, 1997 and registered on Jan 27/98.  

I rec'd a notice from one of those spam type companies  (TRS to be exact) that check for expiring trademarks, the...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Trademark non use for 6 years
In Trademark    -  updated on 2/26/2009
Hi,
I found a trademark I'm interested in getting, but another company has it.  However, they haven't been using it for 6 years -- is there something I can do about that? The trademark is still aliv...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
fail to file a trademark application 7 years ago
In Trademark    -  updated on 2/26/2009
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I have used a trademark on my goods for 8 years. Yet, a company recently use the trademark anf file an application in the PTO.

I'd like to hear your comments and thoughts on the followinf quest...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Missed 1-year PPA deadline, now there
In Patent Process    -  updated on 2/26/2009
OK, feel really stupid right now.  I let the 12 months after filing my PPA go by, and now I am going to be filing my RPA 2 hours past deadline (2AM Eastern Time).  I don't suppose they cut any...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Preliminary Amendment - 1 year from filing date
In Patent Process    -  updated on 2/26/2009
I understand the possibility of disapproval under section 37 CFR 1.115, but...

We found possibly invalidating prior art about one year after entering the national stage (US only) and want to file ...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
time for examination--how many years?
In Patent Process    -  updated on 2/26/2009
I'll try to be as clear as possible. If you can help, I would be grateful.

I am waiting for a first office response on a utility patent that was filed on 4-26-2002.

My application was assigned ...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
help with 101/112 rejection... yea, I know.
In Patent Process    -  updated on 2/26/2009
Software application...

(1) A method comprising the steps of:
designing...
defining..., and
customizing.

(2) The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of defining a second th...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
One year plus one year
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 this question   Answer Answer this question
filing within 1 year grace period
In Patent Process    -  updated on 2/26/2009
A patentable invention was disclosed in public 1 month ago & I intend to file an application in the US to protect said invention within 1 month.

I generally know that in the US I have a 1 year gra...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
EFS-WEB filing... Yea!
In Patent Process    -  updated on 2/26/2009
Well, I bit the bullet and filed 4 non-provisionals yesterday using the new EFS-Web filing system.  Filling out the ADS was the only thing that took a while, and everything else went smoothly!

I ...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
I already made the application..now, what can I do instead of waiting for years?
In I have an invention … now what?    -  updated on 2/26/2009
In September 2007 I registered my invention in Spain, it was a "model of utility", some kind of  "small" patent. After that, in January 2008 I started the application patent process ...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
A patent has been shelving for one year in China
In I have an invention … now what?    -  updated on 2/26/2009
Hi,all
I am a Chinese. A ?closest friend of mine has a disign patent about drink bottle. It is novel and useful.Below I briefly outline it. It can be filled two or three kinds of drink. For example, coca...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Q about documents sent to DDP almost two years ago
In I have an invention … now what?    -  updated on 2/26/2009
I sent a package to USPTO's Disclosure Document Program almost two years ago (June 2007 will be exactly 2 years).

I have not had enough time to complete the entire patent application, and I was wonde...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
I am 11 years old
In I have an invention … now what?    -  updated on 2/26/2009
i have an idea and i would like to show, and sell it. please help me. ( I am 11 years old) : Tongue   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Publication less than 1 year
In Is it Patentable?    -  updated on 2/26/2009
Hi,

I m a french inventor and I published on the web 3 months ago a small explanation on a part of my invention.
My invention has been also sold through internet to the public for less than o...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
One year rule and Patentability
In Is it Patentable?    -  updated on 2/26/2009
I would like to ask some questions regarding the "one year rule" as it applies to the patentability of mechanical devices via Utility Patents. Does electronic information count as a "printed p...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Design disclosure - One year rule?
In Is it Patentable?    -  updated on 2/26/2009
Hello,

If you are seeking a design patent on a product you originally conceived several years ago, how do the following scenarios effect patent eligibility?

1.) An early version of the design, ...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Is an Affidavit alone suff. to swear back less than one year behind a reference?
In Patent Drafting    -  updated on 2/26/2009
How much evidence must you provide to swear behind a reference that predates your filing date by less than a year? What do you do if the documentation is sparse?   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Invention disclosed to the public 7 years ago
In Litigation    -  updated on 2/26/2009
I disclosed an invention to the public unaware of the patent laws at the time and it happened around 7 years ago . As far as I know from my research and patent searches, no one has tried to patent anything l...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
 
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