Abnormal Patent Crackdown Continues in China
The Chinese government is stepping up efforts to promote intellectual property quality.
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Changes to the Canadian Patent System
Canadian Patent Office to implement new rules impacting fee structure for excess claims and RCE’s, PCT translations, and WIPO sequence listing standards
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Should a New Company File Multiple Patents or One Big Patent?
When to File Multiple Patents or One Big Patent For New Companies A client recently asked: I have a few inventions and I’m wondering if I can save money by combining them into a single provisional patent application? Your Patent Portfolio should always be developed with your business goals in mind. I passed the question…
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What Is a Patent Search?
Intellectual Property: What is Patent Search? A Patent Search is a search of the United States Patents and Publications (USPP) database to see if there are any Patents or Patents Pending disclosing something similar to your invention. There are two types of searches; keyword searches and a class/art unit search done within the USPP Database….
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What Name and Address Should I List in My Correspondence?
Please submit the contact information of the individual who is designated as the contact point for: 1.The Patent Attorney Consultation that will follow your submission, 2.The Staff Attorneys and Customer Service Representatives, and 3.All correspondence from the United States Patent and Trademark Office regarding the Provisional Patent. If you are interested in more detail related…
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When Should I File a Non-Provisional Patent Application?
You do not need to have realized, developed, implemented the subject of a patent application in order to be granted patent protection. Many inventors and companies file non-provisional patent applications on simple ideas and they are awarded patents. The USPTO, or most any jurisdiction of the developed world, does not require that the subject of…
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What Is a Provisional Patent Application?
A Provisional Patent legally establishes the date from which an inventor is entitled patent protection to his or her idea (known as the ‘priority date’) and allows the inventor to describe the idea as “Patent Pending.” Filing a provisional application for patent (commonly known as a Provisional Patent) is the first step in securing patent rights…
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What Happens If Not All of the Inventors Agree on the Assignment?
A joint-inventor (that is, one inventor of a group of inventors of a patent) who does not assign his patent rights remains in full possession of those rights. A person or entity that does not receive rights to the patent from every inventor is considered as a partial assignee. The partial assignee must share his/her…
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What Is a Patent Assignment?
Owning a patent is much like owning property. Just as you can sell or lease your property, you could do the same with your patent with assignment or license, respectively. Patent assignment is an inventor’s granting of all of his patent rights (or future patent rights) to another person or entity. In contrast, a license…
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How Do Joint Inventors Share Patent Rights?
Each inventor has the full spectrum of patent rights to his/her claimed invention. This means that each inventor can separately assign and license the patent without the other’s permission. However, each inventor must account for and share all the profits he has earned from the license of a patent with the other inventors. When multiple…
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