TraskBritt Intellectual Property

MAY 27, 2021

A provisional patent application is temporary and only lasts one year before a non-provisional patent application must be filed, or the application will lapse and expire. In that case, skipping the provisional patent application and going straight to a non-provisional utility patent application may be a cost-saving measure. .

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TraskBritt Intellectual Property

MARCH 30, 2021

Filing a patent application first requires an invention. Conception is the formation, in the mind of the inventor, of a definite and permanent idea of a complete and operative invention. A patent application must clearly explain an invention in sufficient detail to enable one of ordinary skill in the art to make and use the invention.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 27, 2023

Marshall Gerstein’s practice areas include patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and related litigation, as well as IP licensing, counseling, and transactions. See also PatentNext’s article Can an Artificial Intelligence (AI) be an Inventor? Patent law requires at least one human inventor.

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