Can I claim micro entity status, even though I plan on licensing my invention to other companies?
Micro entity status should be used with care. A good place to start your research is http://www.uspto.gov/aia_implementation/77fr75019.pdf. There...
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Micro entity status should be used with care. A good place to start your research is http://www.uspto.gov/aia_implementation/77fr75019.pdf. There...
You should definitely protect your idea, but "protection" is not static. At this point, you may want to consider contract rights (e.g....
Before you use ANY information promotion firm (and I personally advise clients that they should avoid this firms), you should check out...
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I filed three design patent applications on the same day in roughly the same subject matter. One has already issued (under a year). The other two...
Assuming that you were asking a general question about "what is patentable," my general answer is going to depend on how the invention can be...
Most applications (90% plus if you exclude design patent applications) have all the claims rejected in the first Office action. This is at least...
Generally the cost is highly dependent on the invention and the work that nees to be done. I have a calculator that allows you to calculate the...
I agree with Mr. Ballard that you should do some initial searching. Please see http://www.patentattorneyoregon.com/searching.html for some...
What a patent "covers" is determined by the "claims" of the patent. These are the numbered "sentences" at the back of the patent. In addition,...