Design patents protect the ornamental appearance of an article. The protection granted by a design patent is primarily indicated by illustrations. Since the first grant in 1842, the United States Patent and Trademark Office...more
A great idea can get an entrepreneur started down an exciting business path. If you have an invention, you can consult a patent practitioner, i.e., a patent attorney or a patent agent, to help decide whether to apply for a...more
Inventors prize their bound hardcopy patents for both sentimental reasons and because the hardcopy can be useful in negotiation. The USPTO only issues one original “Letters Patent.” If a patent is lost or destroyed, the best...more
Overnight, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) lowered many fees for small and micro entities due to a component of the Consolidated Appropriations Act signed on December 29, 2022....more
Americans spend on average about $1,300 per person per year on prescription drugs, which represents only about 13.3% of the total paid-for drugs in the US. Private insurers, Medicare, and Medicaid pay another 81.8%. ...more
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Patent protection in the European Union (EU) is expensive. An applicant may file a patent application in an individual country, but it is generally more efficient to file through the European Patent Office (EPO) when the...more
Innovation has been valued throughout the history of the United States. In fact, it was so important that Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution gave Congress the power “To promote the Progress of Science and useful...more
The general public has very little exposure to patents. Perhaps you’ve seen a patent number listed on a product. Maybe you like to watch shows like “Shark Tank,” or you’ve seen patents play a role in a movie such as...more
Many people applying for a patent in the United States only consider filing in other countries as an afterthought. You should consider whether you want to file in foreign countries before filing a nonprovisional application...more
Applicants for a new United States (US) nonprovisional application or National Stage Entry application may see a new form paragraph in their first Office Action between now and the end of July. The United States Patent and...more
On August 31, 2020, a U.S. District Court found that GoPro infringed two camera streaming patents from the action camera company, Contour, LLC. In the claim filed by Contour against GoPro, the company alleged infringement of...more