Should I send one patent application or itemize

There are a couple points here, touched on by others. 1. The America Invents Act in 2011 remarkably changed the law. Before 2013 (when the AIA...

Filed a provisional patent and proceeded to work with said patent in a company, the company would like to add another engineer

I'd go one step further than Alan -- if another engineer at the company contributed an improvement, and that improvement is reflected in the...

Do I have a right to see the applications? If so, can somebody provide a link to USPTO/law articles etc. indicating my rights?

I disagree with my colleagues. They describe the law as it existed before 2011. Then it changed. You now only declare, under penalty of perjury...

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Can I trademark two words that have already been trademarked for a different industry that is completely unrelated?

Not enough information. Is it the name of the team itself? (Like "Phoenix Suns") I assume not, you would have found it in TESS. If it's an...

Is it illegal to buy paid courses, summarize the information (fully citing the original work), and sell the summary?

I think my three colleagues have somewhat oversimplified. Fundamental to copyright law is that you are allowed to publish something that uses...

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Is it advised to submit my own provisional patent application?

Before March 2013, a provisional application had value as a "bookmark" to show a "date of invention." After March 2013, a less-than-adequate...

I have several ideas for inventions. I want to start patenting the best ones. What's the safest way to seek funding?

"Safest" is a tricky word. Welcome to the world of startups -- there are so many ways for a business to die (and the 2011 America Invents Act...

Manufacturers will pay to prosecute and royalties for utility patents, but not design patents?

I challenge your starting assumption -- design patents are different than utility patents, but as eminently licensable. (Apple just won $1...

Utility patent claims can be amended prior to examination. Can a design patent claim be amended prior to examination?

Depends on the nature of the amendment. In many cases, the best bet is to simply file a continuation application with the amended drawings. ...

There are four different aspects of a shirt that might potentially be protected, depending on the nature and degree of difference of your shirt...