Questions tagged [patent-lifetime]
The term of a patent: the amount of time during which a patent can be enforced.
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Ways to exclude non-effective patent documents during freedom to operate searches
The question relates to conducting a decent freedom to operate analysis (FTO). Could somebody propose tactics or tools for a small business to exclude non-effective patent documents during the FTO ...
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Can a "granted" patent still be revoked for new prior art discovery by USPTO?
Once the USPTO has published an invention, waited for the priority time (i.e., 18 months), completed a prior art search, and granted a patent, can it still be revoked by the USPTO if new prior art is ...
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Is this patent expired? And if not, does it have a worldwide patent?
I don't understand how to read the patent page. From the snapshot, is this patent granted and still effect? If so, does it only apply to USA or Worldwide? Thanks.
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Active U.S Patent Expired (U.S. Patent No. 8,475,818)
Has Active U.S Patent Expired (U.S. Patent No. 8,475,818) ?
When was issued and when does it expire?
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How far do I have to go back in time to only be looking at free state of the art patent documents?
I want to do a free state of the art patent search and I wan to know, how far do I have to go back in time to be 100% sure all shown patent documents are free state of the art? Up until now I was ...
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Bacteria was used treat cancers at one time. Did the manufacturer, Parke Davis, ever patent these cancer treatments called Coley's Toxins?
A Commotion in the Blood. By Stephen S. Hall. Page 117 "a further discouragement in terms of the toxins is that without patent protection on a hundred year old treatment, there is little ...
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Can you patent in a futuristic idea with great detail
Like a space industry idea for AI are in an immortality idea etc using a pre vision patent and a great detail but not a physical product yet then license it to companies are super AI concepts or idea ...
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what is meant by "Deemed withdrawal of patent application after publication" ? is the patent still holds or its withdrawn?
i am working to sell a product whose patent search results show that
"Deemed withdrawal of patent application after publication (patent Law 2001)"
someone please explain this to me
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If I am not able to find patent then can I consider it expired?
I downloaded a patent from internet and when tried to find its status that if it is active even today or not was not able to find on Intellectual Property of India website even by searching it from ...
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Why do patent protections last 20 years?
This is really two questions.
What is the historical reason for patent protection to be 20 years?
What is the reasoning for it to be 20 years, instead of 15 years, or 25 years?
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How long are patent records stored by patent bureau?
Suppose I'm granted a patent a month from now and it lasts for 20 years. This means that the patent bureau (such as USPTO) will have created a record which stores the patent claims and also the ...
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Why does the expiry of a patent and/or SPC varies in european countries?
The patent expiry usually varies by a day or two among the EU countries. For eg. SPC of EP0914118 will expire on different days in France, UK and Germany & Spain? Why is there such a difference ...
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Complete list of patents
Good day,
I wish to be able to access an up-to-date list ( place, book, website, document etc. ) of all patents that have not expired.
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Does a continuation-in-part keep a USPTO patent family alive in the same way as a continuation?
A patent can be "kept alive" by filing a continuation before the patent issues, and then continuing to file continuations in the same manner in a chain of applications.
Does the same hold for filing ...
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Patent Claim Drafting
why in US a preemptive claim is patent ineligible and why the absence of complete preemption also does not demonstrate that a claim is eligible.
