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I believe the Expiration date is inaccurate
Application US11/687,692 events 2007-03-19
Application filed by Individual. Why isn’t the expiration date 03-19-2027? It says 2024-06-15 Anticipated expiration
Status Expired - Lifetime
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Clarification on usage of the verb "to form" and potential substittion with "constitute" in claim language in primarily the US and EPO
I work as a translator into English and the very "to form" appears often in the souce text. I've been told that in English the verb "to form" can be interpreted as including ...
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Where to find a citation of my papers in a patent?
Based on the WoS profile, one of my papers was cited in a patent. Where to find this patent information?
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Why does Google BigQuery repeat CPC codes and Inventive/Primary attributes?
I've noticed that data pulled from Google Patents via BigQuery may have duplicate entries for the same values of {publication_number, cpc_code, cpc_inventive, cpc_first}. For example:
The key parts ...
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Design Patent Drawing
I am learning the requirement of USPTO drawing for design patent, I am not sure why the drawing downloaded from USPTO looks like this, patent number: D1026488
D1026488
are the lines has to be dotted ...
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a number of and the number of in claim
I have a PCT patent written in Chinese, and I've encountered some difficulties when entering the European and American
In the claim, the determination of the quantity of A shows up for the first time, ...
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Looking for Information about the owner of the patent - WO2016017829A1 WIPO (PCT)
How can I reach out to Shotaro Tonomura, the inventor of the patent - WO2016017829A1 WIPO (PCT).
It also says application filed by Toberu Kobo Co., Ltd.
How can I find his contact?
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Clicked "Payment by credit card..." on SB16; paid on the website; PTO-2038
I submitted and paid the fees for a Provisional Patent Application.
The application consisted of the following document: (web) ADS, PTO/SB/16, PTO/SB/15A, the specification, drawings, an abstract, and ...
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Where can I find a list of most valuable single patent families in history?
Im looking for instances moreso of pure licensing/enforcement and not of a product manufacturer. Single families and not portfolios. Also if possible organized by domain of the invention. Thank you.
I ...
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When converting from a provisional directly to an international patent (PCT), are new claims and new matter allowed to be added to a PCT?
I've seen that new claims can be added to the non-provisional from the provisional US patent. The new claims get a new priority date of the non-pro submission.
If a non-pro does not require claims for ...
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Claim that is supported by the spec of the provisional but not the non-provisional
A non-provisional application claims a provisional application.
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Does the spec of the non-provisional application have to include everything in provisional?
If not, can a claim in the non-...
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Qualification of a Patent - Automotive
This is my first post in this forum.
Apologies in advance if this question doesnot fall in this scope of the forum. If not, please guide me on what to do.
So, I have an idea in automotive.
The ...
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what is the estimated attorney fee after the non-provisional application is filed?
After a non-provisional patent application is filed:
Is responding to office actions the only work left to be done?
If so, what is the expected attorney fee for these remaining work?
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Does the PCT application follow a different format than the non-provisional of the USPO?
If I have a non-provisional application ready to file with the USPTO, do I need to change anything about it to convert it to a PCT application?
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Given application, grant, and publication numbers, containing duplicates of the same patent, how do I figure out the total number of unique patents?
How can I input a list of application numbers, grant numbers, and publication numbers, some of which may be duplicates of the same patent, and determine which ones correspond to the unique patent so I ...
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