us7055282 - How do you determine a patent expiration date?
2016年11月30日 · You can find the patent status and validity on the USPTO Public Pair site. Enter the patent number (without the US, or B2). The "Patent Term Adjustments" tab shows the applicable dates, in this case: Filing or 371 (c) Date: 08-11-2004. Issue Date of Patent: 06-06-2006. and also. Total PTA Adjustments: 162.
law - What happens if I don't pay the issue fee? - Ask Patents
2015年11月6日 · Anything can be prior art, a website, an expired patent, an abandoned application etc. However, it does not block someone else from making or distributing your idea. This pretty significantly downplays the requirements for reviving. That is, the failure to pay the issue fee must have been unintentional (37 CFR § 1.137).
prior art - What is a continuation patent? - Ask Patents
The 2000 case is not copending with a 1990 patent, so it would need a chain of continuations dating back to before 1990 to maintain copendency. Same as between the 2010 and 2000 & 1990 application. There would have to be copendency. Further, once the 1990 patent issued the subject matter is prior art as of the effective filing date of the 1990 ...
Does Re-issue of US patent have extended expiry?
2015年4月13日 · 35 U.S.C. 251 prescribes. the effect of reissue on the patent term by stating that " the Director shall… reissue the patent… for the unexpired term of the original patent. The maximum term of the original patent is fixed at the time the patent is granted. While the term may be subsequently shortened, e.g., through the filing of a terminal ...
uspto - WIPO patent filing vs US patent? - Ask Patents
2018年3月30日 · The answer is money. The single WIPO/PCT application (that, itself, costs more than a U.S. application) just starts an application in 140 some countries. To actually proceed in each location costs more in fees and must be separately prosecuted by a patent attorney in each location, under the laws and rules of each location. The U.S. is a huge ...
Withdraw an Issued Patent - Ask Patents
2016年1月22日 · 1. Assuming you have your patent issued AND you make and/use the patented product AND that product infringes another patent, the following is my suggestion. Suppose your patent claims product comprising A, B and C. And another's patent ("superior patent" hereinafter) claims only A and B. Then, if you produce or sell product having A, B and C ...
Can I file a continuation / divisional on an issued patent
2014年2月5日 · 2. To be a divisional or a continuation an application has to have overlapping pendency with the "parent" application. Pendency ends the day of issue so, unless you filed something while it was pending, there is no way to file a divisional or continuation. It might still be possible to re-file a new application and claim the subject matter that ...
How do I know if a patent is pending or granted?
2014年6月6日 · Move across the header to NATIONAL PHASE and click. Look down the list to see if any national stage applications have been filed, and if any patents have issued. This application entered the national stage at the European Patent Office, but was withdrawn and never issued, and in India. No Indian patent has yet issued.
numbering - What is the relationship between a "patent number" …
2018年3月1日 · Google Patent, however, does not show a patent number, having only application numbers and publication numbers. I feel I have derived the following rules of thumb (ignoring the country prefixes and the kind codes): A patent application is filed - under an application number. The patent application is published - under a publication number.
patentability - What does "patent pending" mean? - Ask Patents
17. Patent pending means that a patent has been filed but not issued. Filing a patent is expensive serious business and not a flim flam. The notice is there to put potential infringers on notice, like a no trespassing sign. There isn't any real security in it for the maker because if the patent is rejected it means nothing.