I agree with the others in that it is better to be more detailed in describing your invention than less detailed. Generally, you should describe...

As with the USPTO, does the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) allow for provisional patents?

I agree with Attorney Tenza. There is no "provisional patent" in the U.S. There is in the U.S. a "provisional application" which has a life of...

It means that the patent term has expired, and that the design is in the public domain.

Can my employer force me to develop a work that is copyrighted by me? Would I have a legal case if they do?

As you stated, copyright does not protect the "algorithm", and as stated by the responder above, copyrighting the article does not protect the...

What would the penalty be for selling a product that I have patented that includes features that infringe on another product?

As raised by others, I assume that by FTO you mean a freedom to operate search, which searches for patents which your product may infringe. As you...

Infringement of a patent

You have received some good advice above. Once a patent expires, it is not an infringement to make. use, sell or import the product that was...

As stated above, a pending patent application will go abandoned for failure to respond appropriately and timely to a USPTO communication, such as...

Can I add a feature to another's valid patent to create my own valid patent? Who gets the royalties?

The short answer is that one cannot infringe an expired patent. If A's patent has expired, as you state, you are free to make, use and sell what...

Filing key patent applications

In general, having a patent application on file potentially increases your valuation and credibility in the eyes of investors, and is otherwise...

Under the law, the true and actual inventors must be listed on a patent. If you intentionally fail to do so, the patent would be invalid. As the...