How can you search "patent pending" inventions?

No, unfortunately, the patent applications that have been submitted 18 months prior to your search will not be findable. This is a calculated risk...

Is you are suspended from practicing law, can you still be a patent attorney?

No, but they would be able to maintain status as a "patent agent"

How much is it for a lawyer to search company brand names and logos? Also, how long to copyright/trademark your brand name/ logo

All good questions - but none of them Patent Related, so I think you've got the wrong group of attorneys - I'll redirect it to "Trademark...

What will it cost to handle the procedure of reinstating my utility patent?

This comes up from time to time. You will need to file a petition to revive in order to bring your issued patent back into force and you'll have to...

What are my options?

If you had filed the provisional application with a Patent Attorney, they might have written the disclosure broadly enough to cover various...

Will a copycat product be prior art with respect to subsequently filed patent application?

No, the copycat product itself will not act as prior art to your US application (if you decide to file). That said, you have your work cut out...

What type of patent is necessary here?

Most likely a Utility Application. Design patents protect ONLY the aesthetics (the way it looks), whereas a Utility Patent protects the...

How do we select a manufacturer and make sure we are protecting ourselves that they do not steal the idea?

Good question. After filing a provisional, it is a good idea to test the market, go to trade shows, sell the product and see if it takes off. In...

You can say "Patent Pending" as soon as you have a complete provisional patent application submitted to the USPTO. I tell my clients that they...

What exactly is an embodiment in a patent?

I'll just wing this one, without looking it up and see if my collegues concur. An embodiment is simply one way that an invention performs it's...