A startup engineer once lost their entire U.S. patent rights due to a single PowerPoint slide shown during a pre-filing demo. The..
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By Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary Of Commerce For Intellectual Property And Director Of The United States Patent
Utility patents for functional inventions expire after 20 years. Design patents for non-functional ornamental designs expire after
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