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What Does Patent Pending Mean? (And What It Doesn’t Protect)

What does patent pending mean? Not that anyone has to stop copying you. Here's what the label really does, when you can..
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Patents Need To Be Informed By Differences And Benefits

✎Executive Summary2 min read Key Takeaways Patents should be informed by a clear understanding of the differences

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My Trademark Is Registered Now What?

✎Executive Summary2 min read Key Takeaways To maintain a trademark registration, you must keep using the mark

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How To Keep Your Inventions And Ideas Safe From Theft Until You Get A Patent.

✎Executive Summary3 min read Key Takeaways Inventors often delay working with a patent attorney for reasons like

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Invention Harvesting Services

✎Executive Summary1 min read Key Takeaways Engineers who leave a company can take valuable patentable ideas and

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The Big Paradigm—Finding The Point Of Novelty

✎Executive Summary2 min read Key Takeaways Investing time up front to produce a Point of Novelty (PON)

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What Is An IDS, And Why Do I Need One?

✎Executive Summary3 min read Key Takeaways An Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) is the USPTO-provided method for applicants

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“TRACK 1” DOES FOR PATENTS WHAT “FORMULA 1” DOES FOR CARS

✎Executive Summary3 min read Key Takeaways The USPTO’s “Track 1” prioritized examination program can cut the wait

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Articulate A Clear Point Of Novelty In A Single Sentence The Unique “Magic Trick” That Sets Us Apart

✎Executive Summary2 min read Key Takeaways The Point of Novelty (PON) Report is Step 3 of the

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Who Should Be Named First On A Patent?

✎Executive Summary1 min read Key Takeaways The order in which inventors are listed on a patent has

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