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I wrote about continuation-in-part applications earlier this week.  Consider this a continuation-in-part discussion.  I’m turning now to explore some of the reasons you may or may not want to file a CIP application.  And last week’s proviso remains: CIP application…

Recently the website IPWatchdog published an article that addressed a topic important enough that I thought I should mention it here as well.  It concerns patent maintenance fees and the possible accidental payment of maintenance fees on already-expired patents. Patent…

I recently wrote about the use of DAS for transmitting priority documents to foreign patent offices.  Today, I describe how to get your priority documents into DAS.  Note that this description is applicable only to first-filed US patent applications.  If…