Can I get my money back and my prototype?

I am sorry that this has not turned out well. I am not familiar with this company. But there are many companies that assert that they help...

Assuming you filed electronically, your official filing date will be the date that you filed. The Official FIling date will be on the filing...

I have heard that Amazon will shut down sellers on the Amazon site if a patent owner can show that a third party is selling infringing articles...

Patent infringement?

This is not something that can be fully addressed on a Q&A forum. You will need to talk with a patent attorney that handles patent litigation...

I would focus on the claim set for the current application based on whatever you learned in the PCT process and whatever you have learned about a...

Effectively an expired provisional application that was not claimed by another application is irrelevant. So the analysis on whether you can...

A United States Patent Applies to the United States. A United States Patent applies to actions in the United States. So making a product in...

A separate type of patent protection is a design patent. A utility patent describes and claims the “what” and the “how”. In contrast, a design...

Heat shrink perforation?

First, you cannot claim priority back to a provisional application in a design patent. I am not sure who told you otherwise. See...

Provisional patent application completed, US utility patent is being drafted. Can I apply for foreign patents later (3+ years)?

I am not a big fan of provisional applications. I would have probably suggested that you initially file a PCT application which would push back...