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Provisional Patent Application: How to Write a PPA

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What is the purpose of a provisional patent application? To know how to write a provisional patent application (PPA) well, you must first understand its purpose. If the disclosure in your provisional is scant, then your provisional application will not be worth much from a legal perspective.

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How To Patent An Idea: What You Need To Know About the Patent Application Process

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Focus on what matters most So much can be said, and has been said, about the patent application process. To avoid information overload, let’s get back to the most basic things you need to know to file a patent application. How would it actually work? When do you need to patent an idea?

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Celanese v. ITC – Exploring the Crossroads of Trade Secrets and Patent Rights Post AIA

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2024), a case that may reshape the dynamics between trade secrets and patent rights. The Core Issue at Hand This case centers around the America Invents Act (AIA) and whether a product’s prior sale by the patent applicant can disqualify the patenting of the method used to produce said product. v ITC, 22-1827 (Fed.

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Infographic | Patents Families

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When a company or an individual drafts and files a patent, a whole new world of information and terms start to fall on them. This timeline gets even more complex when a second application is filed, and so on: bigger portfolios, even newer terms, will start to arise, and a family begins. What is a “patent family”?

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How to Patent a Medical Device

Patent Trademark Blog

What is a smarter way to patent a medical device? Medical device patents can make a direct impact on sales as well as create licensing opportunities. Even pending patent applications may help startups raise capital. Let’s look at some smart ways to patent a medical device. Need to patent a medical device?

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WIPO Adopts Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources, and Associated Traditional Knowledge

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Biopiracy involves researchers or companies obtaining GR or TK, using it to develop commercial products like medicines, and obtaining patents without adequately compensating or getting permission from the original TK/GR holders. You can see a Sean Connery look-alike doing this in my image below.

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Celanese v. ITC – Exploring the Crossroads of Trade Secrets and Patent Rights Post AIA

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2024), a case that may reshape the dynamics between trade secrets and patent rights. The Core Issue at Hand This case centers around the America Invents Act (AIA) and whether a product’s prior sale by the patent applicant can disqualify the patenting of the method used to produce said product. Plot twist!