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Full Patent Protection vs. a Provisional Patent Application

TraskBritt Intellectual Property

Inventors should be aware, however, that if a provisional patent application expires without converting it to a full non-provisional patent application within a year, the inventors will lose the priority date of the provisional patent application if they later file a subsequent patent application for the same invention.

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Micro Entity Status: Qualifying to Reduce Patent Fees

LexBlog IP

Micro entity status is a newer status, introduced under the America Invents Act Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (“AIA”) in 2011 as an effort to reduce the cost of patenting for small businesses and individual inventors. At Founders Legal, we offer a variety of cost-efficient patent services for clients of all sizes.

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Double Patenting in Canada

LexBlog IP

the Federal Court found that the characterization of the divisional as a “forced” divisional was “ an overstatement, as the August 26, 2011 Office Action was an objection, rather than a rejection by way of a ‘final action.’ of the Patent Act if they maintain the objection.

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