Can a customer who purchased a product patented by my company include this product in their own patent?

One thing not addressed above is the notion of patent exhaustion. You said that you sold the patent product to the other company and this product...

What are the total fees for a Provisional Patent (Small Entity), if filing without any Attorney's assistance?

Just to reiterate what was stated above, you will be filing a provisional patent application, not for a provisional patent. Additionally, if you...

Clarification in the Abstract of a Design Patented item.

You didn't provide any information about the subject patent such as when it was issued. Design patents are enforceable for 14 years from issue,...

How can I protect an idea internationally?

It is worth noting that there is no such thing as a "provisional patent." Rather, the proper terminology is "provisional patent application." ...

Received letter from Johnson and Pham regarding trademark infringement.

If anyone is going to speak to the opposing attorney, it should be your own attorney. I would not speak to them directly. Also, you probably...

Composition vs. Process Technology

for a while there was a distinction in patent law between inventions claimed as method/process steps, and inventions claimed in terms of a...

Laws with useing Websites in Computer Programs

It sounds like you might have developed some type of screen scraping program designed to extract data/information from the targeted sites. In...

Patent protest or patent re-exam ?

if you have prior art references that could invalidate the patent, or at least one of the claims, you can send it to the attorney/agent that is...

IPhone Software and Existing Hardware Patents

When it comes to infringement, all that matters are the *claims* of the patent with respect to your activities. You need to carefully analyze your...

Yes, infringement covers the activities of making, using, selling, or importing the claimed subject matter of the patent.