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vanirion - 22 February 2018 - 8:16 pm

Benefits of Applying For a Patent

Patents grant inventors the right to use, sell, manufacture, distribute, import, and export a new invention for a fixed period of time. In other words,[…]

vanirion - 29 August 2017 - 8:10 pm

Foreign Applicants for United States Patents – What You Should Know

Any inventor, of any nationality, is welcome to apply for a patent with the United States Patent Office and the patent applicant may be represented[…]

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vanirion - 5 April 2017 - 3:20 pm

Patent Application Process for the First-Time Inventor

Many first-time inventors are not aware that obtaining a patent is an adversarial process. As a result, they are surprised when their patent application is[…]

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vanirion - 31 March 2016 - 12:14 pm

Patent Filing Fees of the USPTO

It depends. According to the current USPTO Fee Schedule, the patent filing fees to file a patent is $280 for a basic Utility Patent and[…]

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vanirion - 28 March 2016 - 2:37 pm

Why File a Patent?

The enumerated powers in Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution empowers the United States Congress to: “To promote the Progress of Science[…]

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vanirion - 25 March 2016 - 3:06 pm

What Is The Cost to File a Patent Application?

The costs to file a patent application involve attorney expertise in preparing the application and filing fees. Filing fees, which are paid to the US[…]

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vanirion - 23 March 2016 - 1:30 pm

What Is The Difference Between Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Servicemarks?

A granted patent gives its owner “the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling” or “importing” the new and useful[…]

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vanirion - 21 March 2016 - 2:43 pm

Can I Patent My Idea?

Anyone who “invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvements thereof, may obtain[…]

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vanirion - 18 March 2016 - 4:39 pm

Copyright Law – In Brief

Copyright Law protects authors of “original works of authorship” and is provided by the laws of the United States (Title 17, U. S. Code). This protection[…]

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vanirion - 17 March 2016 - 9:19 pm

Patent Applications – What You Should Know About “First-To-File”

Ideas should belong to inventors. Until March 2013, United States Patent Law protected inventors through the “first to invent” rule. Under the “first to invent”[…]

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