Once the issue fee has been paid, the USPTO will not withdraw the application from issue at its own initiative for any reason except: (1) A...

I have a great idea for my company, as a marketing tool. What steps I need to perform to get this idea out to many companies?

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

In certain circumstances, patent owners may be entitled to recover a reasonable royalty for infringing activity that occurred after a patent...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) system provides a way to retrieve information...

A design patent may be granted for any original, new and non-obvious ornamental design for an article of manufacture. An important question is...

If a patent is no longer active due to failure to pay maintenance fees in 2011, may another person re-file as their own?

Q: "If a patent is no longer active due to failure to pay maintenance fees in 2011, may another person re-file as their own?" —No. A patent may...

How to fight a patent, by proving (my) prior art?

An option you may consider is filing a patent application for an improvement or modification over the existing product. —The claimed invention must...

Thank you for your service. I am unable to answer your question, whether there are any pro bono, patent attorneys assisting military veterans...

You should be aware that a defensive publication is a means of ensuring continued freedom of use of an innovation by placing it in the public...

For Provisional Patent

A provisional application for patent (or, simply, "provisional application") is not examined by the United States Patent and Trademark Office...