Applications of open-source theories of cooperation and development are popping up all over the place. In veiled product R&D, Coca Cola now offers a self-serve soda fountain – the Freestyle – where users can mix hundreds of different flavors to…
I’ve been getting a recurring question lately: “Will you sign this Non Disclosure Agreement before I tell you about the invention I want you to write a patent application for?” Sometimes, the question is phrased, “how much do you charge…
An Application Data Sheet is a sheet or sheets that may be voluntarily submitted in either a provisional or a nonprovisional application, which contains bibliographic data, arranged in a format specified by the Patent Office.
Each patent is published with a patent number upon issuance. The patent number is frequently followed with a kind code, which conveys information about the patent or its prosecution history. Other patent documents include kind codes as well. In 2001,…
I was attempting to file a provisional application today in the USPTO’s no-longer-new-but-still-quite-buggy Patent Center filing system. I am glad I not up against a deadline today. I logged in, and a “Search Limit Reached” error message immediately popped up,…
The Patent Office’s Corrected ADS web form is a helpful and easy way to fix mistakes in an application data sheet.