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What are your options for responding to a Final Office Action? When faced with a final rejection, a patent applicant has a couple of options in…

What do we need to file your utility nonprovisional patent application? New to utility patents? This is a good place to start. I want to…

USPTO Trademark Application Process: What are the most important factors? Time and money. The more you invest upfront in the trademark application process, the more…

Inventions made in the USA must be filed first with the USPTO unless a petition for foreign filing license is granted Except when permission is…

Does a continuing application require an IDS disclosing prior art references already considered in the parent application? No.  According to MPEP Section 609.02, it is…

How do we identify the risk of likelihood of confusion rejections before filing a trademark application? A trademark knockout search generally refers to a pre-filing…

What is a trademark specimen of use? In nearly all cases, a trademark must be tied to a particular product or service. Trademarks do not…

When is the nonprovisional deadline? The 1-year anniversary of a US provisional patent application or a foreign priority application may occasionally fall on a non-business…

What is a patent Office Action? After waiting one to two years (or longer) from the filing date of your utility nonprovisional patent application, you…

Is a Power of Attorney required to file a patent Office Action response? No, a power of attorney need not be filed in order to…

What is an Information Disclosure Statement (IDS)? Every patent applicant has a duty to disclose to the USPTO all known prior art or other information…

How do you mark products with patent numbers? The question is not if you should mark your patented products (of course you should!), but how.…