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Foreign Filing Licenses – An Overlooked Pitfall of Last Minute Patent Filings

LexBlog IP

Patent applications are often filed at the last minute. Priority considerations force the application to be filed expeditiously to avoid statutory bars or catastrophic public disclosure issues. What is a Foreign Filing License? What is a Foreign Filing License? If left uncorrected, the patent would be invalid.

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Small Entity Status vs. Micro Entity Status for Patent Applications in the U.S.

LexBlog IP

Suppose you have an inventor or applicant who asks you to file a patent application in the U.S. However, the applicant has limited financial resources for filing the patent application. Should you claim small entity status or micro entity status for the applicant at the time of filing the patent application?

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What Are the Risks of Not Patenting Your Invention?

Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

For larger companies, budget is also a concern, but often it is also the time required of inventors to adequately document an invention disclosure and to work with a patent professional. Often, a patent inventor is also a company executive such as the CEO or CTO and their time is limited.

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Patent – a shield for modern biotechnology

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Thus, a legal safeguard should be provided to inventors for their inventions to keep their interest in science alive. What are the biotechnological inventions? This leads them to think about protecting their inventions from unauthorized use. What is patent? Who can file a patent application?

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Some Concerns about the Amendment Process to Key Patent Levers: A “Captured” Patent Office?

SpicyIP

Pre-Grant Opposition The first proposal relates to amending the pre-grant opposition mechanism, which allows patent applications to be opposed before the Patent Office officially “grants” the patent. However, since the ordinance would lapse, Parliament had to necessarily enact a law to amend the Patents Act.

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PCT Receiving Office (RO): When a PCT application cannot be filed with the USPTO

Patent Trademark Blog

In order to file a PCT application , a Receiving Office (RO) must be selected. For most US practitioners, the default is to select the US as the Receiving Office due to the familiarity of electronically filing patent applications with the USPTO. How to File a PCT Application When Invention Was Made In USA.

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Federal Contracting; Contractor Disclosure to Funding Agencies and Agency March-in Rights

LexBlog IP

In 1980, Congress passed the Bayh-Dole Act, promoting collaboration between the Federal Government and private intellectual capital. The act also establishes the rights for businesses and nonprofits to patent and commercialize inventions developed within the scope of the funding agreement. Standard patent rights clauses. (c)