Short answer: No. The prudent course is to consult a registered patent attorney or agent to discuss your patent application. For your...

What if you have a patent on an invention and someone steals your idea and makes money off of it?

In the United States, a patent grants its owner the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention...

The prudent course is not to publicly disclose your product before you file an application for patent that adequately describes your invention....

If prior art exists in the form of a lollipop with added Vitamin C, would a multivitamin lollipop be patentable?

Under 35 U.S.C. § 103, a patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically...

How to patent product ?

Basic information concerning patents: What can be patented ― utility patents are the most common type of patent and are provided for a new,...

What is Generic Medication?

The rights granted by a U.S. patent extend only throughout the territory of the United States during the term of the patent. You are correct, in...

Does my company own my software idea?

There are too many facts that you have not, and should not, disclose in a public forum such as AVVO, that are necessary to consider before anyone...

Short answer: There is no formula to ensure that a predetermined percentage or amount of a copyright-protected work may be used without permission...

Filing patent overseas?

The rights granted by a U.S. patent extend only throughout the territory of the United States during the term of the patent and have no effect in a...

In regard to "file a MPEP 608.01(q) as an amendment," you should also be aware that MPEP refers to the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure, which...