How Do I File for International Patent Protection (PCT Application)?
Successfully Filing for International Patent Protection gives you a roadmap through the PCT process, what to plan for…
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Should I Assign My Patent Rights to My Company?
Should I assign my patent rights to my company explores ownership choices and what to weigh before transferring your patent rights.
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What Are the Dangers of Publicly Disclosing My Idea?
Dangers of publicly disclosing my idea -revealing your concept early can cost you patent rights, let others capture your innovation…
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Who Should I List as an Inventor in My Patent?
Who Should I List as an Inventor in My Patent explores key considerations before finalizing inventorship on your patent filing.
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Importing a Product to the US Market without Infringing Patent Rights
Importing a product to the U.S. market requires care to avoid infringing existing patent rights and costly legal disputes.
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What Can a Company Do with Patents?
What Can a Company Do with Patents? You assigned the Patent rights to your idea to an entity. What can the entity, as the new owner, do with them? Who in the entity makes the decisions about what happens to your patent and your idea? The answers to those two questions can vary depending on…
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Virtual Patent Marking
Virtual Patent Markting What is Patent Marking? Under 35 U.S.C. § 287, a patent owner can only collect monetary reward for the infringement of his patent rights if the patent owner provides adequate notice to the infringer of those patent rights. Failure to comply with the patent marking and notice requirements of US Patent law…
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HOW LONG DO PROVISIONAL PATENT APPLICATIONS LAST?
The USPTO provides a one-year period to convert your provisional patent application into a formal non-provisional patent application.
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Public Disclosure – What Happens If Someone Files for a Patent Before You Do?
Public Disclosure – What Happens If Someone Files for a Patent Before You Do? If an inventor disclosed his/her invention to his partners/university/employer, probably had some form of public disclosure, but did not have a provisional patent – what happens if a person with a similar invention had a provisional patent filed which could come…
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Patent Prosecution and USPTO Examination Fee Schedule
Patent Prosecution and USPTO Examination Fee Schedule Jump to Section: Patent Prosecution Fees USPTO Fees and Government Fees Patent Examination Fees USPTO Patent Allowance Fees Patent Maintenance Fees Patent Prosecution Fees: At Founders Legal, we offer a fixed price structure for the preparation and filing of a patent specification and claims on your behalf. This…
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