Questions tagged [post-grant]
Related to opposition of patent after grant.
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What's the criteria for you to get a patent on an improvement?
I'm very interested in improving upon a patented software method (A) which, in it's turn, is an improvement over a relatively old existing method (B).
Originally, my understanding was that the old ...
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Cordless phone systems US Patent 6,970,706 - PRIOR ART REQUEST
Do you remember cordless landline phones? Specifically, do you recall or know of any technology for selectively forwarding phone calls to particular cordless landline handsets, based on the phone ...
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How Could This Patent Possibly be Granted in the Face of Public Domain Prior Art?
In reference to the patent: US9247339
This patent appears to have been granted without proper due-diligence having been undertaken to review the prior art. For well over 50 years now every ...
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PATENT EXPIRY VERIFICATION FOR APPROVED PATENTS
Please advice if the following patents are still valid
1) US 4104966A
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2) US 3931884A
IS IT VALID IN INDIA OR EXPIRED AS ALREADY 20 YEARS PASSED?
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Prior Art Request: Asynchronous Live Streaming from a mobile phone, US9445150
I came across a pair of granted patents that seem rather frivolous, and I'd appreciate some help digging up prior art around them. Priority date on both is April 19, 2013.
https://patents.google.com/...
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Is the balancing patent for wheelchairs from DEKA righteous?
During a market research, I found the patent EP1512055B1 from 2002. It protects a control-based balancing strategy for wheelchairs in a quite general way. However I know also about the published paper ...
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Are patents required to be put online?
This is a kind of random question but are patents once there granted required to scanned and put online to allow people to check for past art? Or do companies like Google pay to have this done?
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Did they patent Auto-Correct?
Regarding U.S. Patent No. 9,501,456 granted Nov 22, 2016.
It looks like auto-correct for XML to me. I am guessing this isn't new in any way. Is it really possible to patent a smaller domain ...
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JP Morgan patents "basic app communication"
Headline:
JP Morgan Chase just got a patent on basic app communications
The article alleges that
A simple Google search would have found oodles of prior art.
I'm sure JP Morgan should pursue any ...
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PRIOR ART REQUEST: US7,051,342 - Method and system for remote automation of object oriented applications
This is a prior art request for U.S. Patent No. 7051342 "Method and system for remote automation of object oriented applications", belonging to Microsoft Corporation. The patent expires 2021-10-22, ...
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Can I order an Inventor plaque from USPTO?
The USPTO has recently issued a patent for which I am an inventor.
However, the patent has been issued to my ex-employer who is the applicant (since the patent has been assigned to them by me right ...
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Can someone steal the designs associated with a patent application that has not been granted? Are the designs afforded protection?
If a patent application (PCT/WIPO) is not granted and yet the associated designs before publication were completely original/novel and never appeared in prior art (and yet functionality is linked to ...
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Mobile Media Server - PRIOR ART REQUEST
I've come across this patent for Mobile Media Servers, and to me it seems incredibly broad and obvious, even back in 2009. For my own benefit and for others, I'm trying to find prior art that gives ...
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What is the difference between Application number, Publication number and Patent number?
What is the difference among the application number, publication number, and patent number? I just know that application number is a 8-digit number, and the publication number is 11-digit while the ...
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Prior art request for issued patent U.S.7818924 B2
Title: Foam insulation/shading system for transparent structures.
Assignee name: Sunarc Of Canada Inc.
HELP SAVE INDUSTRY THREATENED BY OVERLY BROAD US 7818924 B2 patent.
Sunrac of Canada patent ...