The consequence may be an invalid patent, should one eventually issue with improperly named inventors. One definition of an inventor is someone...

What are the advantages and disadvantages of adding "Patent Pending" plus the application number?

Patent pending + app number is a little redundant and may also be impractical to print in limited space. "Patent pending" is sufficient and should...

Do you recommend that I copyright the lyrics on their own, or wait and copyright the songs once they are done?

Ms. Ward is correct. Additionally, you may want to consider filing federal copyright applications on the music, on each of the completed recorded...

Non Provisional Patent

No, an Information Disclosure Statement ("IDS") can be filed at any stage of examination of a patent application. An IDS includes any relevant...

When a licensee agrees to pay for the patent, does that also include the patent search and patentability opinion?

A licensee usually takes a license in an issued patent. A patent search and a patentability opinion are usually conducted before a patent...

Will a patent examiner grant a U.S. patent, intended for domestic sale, if he finds prior art in a foreign country?

The patent (and its claims) is not the same as any commercial product/service that might be covered by the claims. And, yes, particularly under...

Do I need to accept a token payment of $1 from a former employer for Assignment of Invention and Declaration of Inventor?

Assuming that the Employment Agreement is otherwise valid and enforceable, if you refuse to sign an Assignment the patent law allows the employer...

What are the best protection methods for the development of a mobile app?

Depending on the stage of development, appropriate confidentiality, employment and shareholder/member agreements to begin with. At Beta stage,...

The judicial invention was just filed , how long does it takes to get process and what is the next step after??

Foreclosure and "intervention"....sounds like your question should be directed to a different legal area, not to inventions and patents.

What's a non-expired patent called?

It is an unexpired patent or "the patent is in force".