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The picture at right showed up in my LinkedIn feed a few days ago. How great is it? This guy radiates optimism and determination, and he has from the moment I met him. Vance Zahorski is the founder of Line…
The picture at right showed up in my LinkedIn feed a few days ago. How great is it? This guy radiates optimism and determination, and he has from the moment I met him. Vance Zahorski is the founder of Line…
Patent examination and prior art searching are two vitally important components of the patenting process. As an inventor, it is essential to understand these processes to ensure that your patent application has the best chance of success. Below, I explore…
The EU Unitary Patent will soon come into effect. When it does, it will become a centralized system to obtain a single patent registration that covers many European countries. It is a new type of patent that will be available…
A European patent is a platform from which a person or business may be granted exclusive rights to an invention in multiple countries across Europe. The European Patent Office (EPO) examines and grants European patents. Importantly, the European patent is…
The Patent Office is delaying the non-DOCX penalty fees it had said would go into effect at the beginning of 2023. As part of its “modernization” efforts, the Patent Office has been pushing patent attorneys, agents, and pro se filers…
In honor of the Rubik’s Cube craze that has recently hit the Galvani household, we decided to take a closer look at how this iconic toy was created and what type of intellectual property protection it has enjoyed over the…
Clients often file a provisional application and then file a non-provisional patent application on the same or similar subject matter within a year. Clients and attorneys sometimes loosely refer to this as converting a provisional application into a non-provisional patent…
Patent applications possess priority claims to couple them to other patent applications. This often arises when a non-provisional utility patent application claims priority to a provisional application. The provisional application is a “temporary” filing but can establish a filing date…
The Patent Office charges fees for receiving and processing patent applications. It levies filing, search, and examination fees for all non-provisional design patent applications and utility patent applications. These fees vary depending on whether the applicant is large, small, or…
A late US national stage entry, from a PCT international application, is one way a US or international applicant can obtain patent protection in the US. Patent applicants can seek patent rights outside their home country through a few mechanisms. …